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Alexithymia and Emotional Distress in Patients With Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

Received July 26, 2005; revised December 5, 2005; accepted June 6, 2006. From the Dept. of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy and the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Univ. of Bonn, Germany. Send correspondence and reprint requests to Rupert Conrad, M.D., Dept. of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany. e-mail: Rupert.Conrad{at}ukb.uni-bonn.de
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The authors studied 31 consecutive patients newly diagnosed with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) as compared with 31 age- and gender-matched control subjects, assessing emotional distress (ED), nine psychopathological symptoms, critical life events, and alexithymia. Results showed no difference in the number of critical life events; however CSC patients showed elevated ED and elevated scores on seven psychopathological symptoms, including hostility. Controlling for ED, CSC patients showed elevated alexithymia sum scores. Alexithymia was correlated with hostility. Our findings point to personality-based difficulties in emotional regulation associated with hostility in CSC.

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