A Comparison Among the Prevalence of Alexithymia in Patients With Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures, Epilepsy, and the Healthy Population: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Sequeira, Ana Sofia; Silva, Bruno

doi:10.1016/j.psym.2019.02.005

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“…To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first to explore the association between alexithymia characteristics, social support characteristics, and duration of methamphetamine use among male methamphetamine-dependent patients in Chinese compulsory detoxification center. The main conclusions of this study are as follows: (1) Twenty-three percent of males in compulsory detoxification centers were considered to have alexithymia personality traits, which is significantly higher than the incidence in the general population ( 36 , 37 ). (2) Difficulties identifying feelings level is significantly positively related to the duration of methamphetamine use.…”

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“…(3) Subjective social support is significantly negatively related to the duration of methamphetamine use. Previous studies have investigated the incidence of alexithymia in people with different cultural backgrounds (36)(37)(38). However, the incidence of alexithymia in the Chinese male compulsory detoxification population of methamphetamine is still unclear.…”

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Association Between Alexithymia, Social Support, and Duration of Methamphetamine Use Among Male Methamphetamine-Dependent Patients

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Introduction: China has 1.18 million methamphetamine abusers. Among the illegal drugs in China, methamphetamine has the highest abuse rate. Although previous studies have indicated a positive relationship between alexithymia and declining social support, the incidence of alexithymia, the total duration of methamphetamine dependence, social support, and the relationships between them among methamphetamine-dependent patients in the Chinese population have been rarely reported.Methods: A total of 113 methamphetamine-dependent patients (all male, mean age 30.45 ± 3.81 years) were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. General demographic data were collected. Alexithymia and social support were measured by Toronto Alexithymia Scale and Social Support Rating Scale.Results: Duration of methamphetamine use among Chinese male methamphetamine-dependent patients in compulsory detoxification was 8.01 ± 3.80 years on average, 23% (26/113) methamphetamine-dependent patients were considered to have alexithymia personality traits. Compared with short-duration methamphetamine-dependent patients (≤8 years), long-duration methamphetamine-dependent patients (> 8 years) were characterized by older age, higher incidence of alexithymia, less subjective social support and support availability, and greater difficulty in identifying feelings. The results of correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis indicated that the total duration of methamphetamine use was positively correlated with difficulty in identifying feelings, but negatively correlated with subjective social support.Conclusions: This study provides support for an association between the duration of methamphetamine use and difficulty in identifying feelings or subjective social support. Although the causality is still unclear, this finding should be considered in the psychotherapy of methamphetamine rehabilitation.

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Association Between Alexithymia, Social Support, and Duration of Methamphetamine Use Among Male Methamphetamine-Dependent Patients

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“…Patients with PNES use less mature defensive strategies, which again might be linked to insecure attachment patterns ( 4 , 10 ). Dysfunctional family relationships and insecure attachment styles have been detected in patients with PNES but also patients with epilepsy ( 34 ).…”

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Attachment style of patients diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures at a tertiary Epilepsy Center in the Czech Republic

Krámská

Hrešková²,

Krámský³

et al. 2022

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ObjectiveQuality and type of early relationships with primary caregivers is considered one of the key factors in the etiopathogenesis of many mental disorders including depression, anxiety, and conversion disorders. This study focused on the type and quality of attachment style in adult patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES).Materials and methodsWe evaluated the demographic data and profiles of PNES patients (n = 262) and group of healthy volunteers (n = 51) measured by the Parental Bonding Inventory (PBI) and Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR) and Experiences in Close Relationships–Relationship Structure (ECR-RS).ResultsSignificant differences in measured values between the two groups were identified; specifically, differences in the caregiver style–father and mother overprotection (PBI) was higher in the PNES group. The most frequent type of attachment in PNES was type 2 (preoccupied). Correlations between the PBI and ECR results were also found.ConclusionThis study highlighted certain attachment styles in patients with PNES and statistically significant differences between patients with PNES and a healthy sample. Some correlations between the results of the questionnaires with socio-demographic factors were found. The identification of specific patterns in attachment may be useful for further use in reaching a differential diagnosis and administering tailored psychotherapy of patients with PNES.

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“…Speculatively, our observations could also be discussed in the light of high levels of alexithymia among patients with FS [ 18 ]. Functional seizures are part of a larger pattern of somatic symptoms responses to a wide range of negative events and emotions, including stress in adulthood (e.g., a pandemic) [ [19] , [20] , [21] ].…”

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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on characteristics of functional (psychogenic) seizures

Asadi‐Pooya

Farazdaghi

2021

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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A Comparison Among the Prevalence of Alexithymia in Patients With Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures, Epilepsy, and the Healthy Population: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Cited by 24 publications

References 33 publications

Association Between Alexithymia, Social Support, and Duration of Methamphetamine Use Among Male Methamphetamine-Dependent Patients

Association Between Alexithymia, Social Support, and Duration of Methamphetamine Use Among Male Methamphetamine-Dependent Patients

Attachment style of patients diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures at a tertiary Epilepsy Center in the Czech Republic

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on characteristics of functional (psychogenic) seizures

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