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alexithymia Psychol.|eɪlɛksɪˈθaɪmɪə| [Back-formation from next: see -ia1.] An affective disorder characterized by inability to recognize or express emotions.
1976J. C. Nemiah et al. in O. Hill Mod. Trends Psychosomatic Med. III. xx. 434 Some patients with severe, life-threatening or debilitating bodily conditions may develop an alexithymic picture... This..has been termed..‘secondary alexithymia’. 1979Amer. Jrnl. Psychotherapy XXXIII. 17 There has been an accumulation of studies..of an affective and cognitive disturbance which Sifneos has called ‘alexithymia’. 1983Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry CXL. 1307/2 Alexithymia may serve as a nidus around which various disciplines can interface. |