Alexithymia in Patients with Alopecia Areata.
- Author:
Doo Byung PARK
1
;
Chang Moo JEON
;
In Ki SOHN
;
Kyung Joon MIN
;
Young Don KIM
;
Byung In NOH
Author Information
1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Alopecia areata;
Alexithymia;
TAS-20K
- MeSH:
Affective Symptoms*;
Alopecia Areata*;
Alopecia*;
Humans;
MMPI
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2001;40(5):824-831
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Alexithymia has been regarded as the general personality of psychosomatic disease, but it's controversial. The object of the study is to find out the relationship between alexithymia and alopecia areata. METHODS: Thirty one alopecia areata patients were compared to 31 normal healthy persons in alexithymic tendency using TAS-20K. Also MMPI and SCL-90-R were checked in both groups. Psychiatric diseases were ruled out. RESULTS: The scores of F, K, Hs, D, Hy, Pd, Pa, Pt and Sc of MMPI in alopecia areata patients were different from those in normal healthy persons. The scores of SOM, O-C, I-S, DEP, ANX, HOT, PHOB, PAR, PSY, GSI, PSDI, and PST of SCL-90-R in alopecia areata patients were significantly higher than those in normal healthy persons. In TAS-20K, the scores of Factor 1 and Total in alopecia areata patients were higher than those in normal healthy persons. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that alopecia areata patients are more alexithymic than normal healthy persons.
