Alexithymia and Attachment Style in Patients With Somatic Symptoms
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Observational Study
Somatic Symptom Disorder
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
No Study Drug
Researchers observe your health over time — no experimental treatment is given.
At a Glance
- Age
- 11 – 17
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Observational
- Participants needed
- 300 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS · Other
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About This Trial
To evaluate whether emotional awareness, attachment style and the ability to abstract and symbolize (IQ) influence the appearance of somatic symptoms. Hypothesis: the investigators expect the presence of somatic symptoms linked to the lower ability of emotional awareness, to lower ability to abstract and symbolize and to an insecure attachment style.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Clinical condition characterized by somatic symptoms such as recurrent abdominal pain, recurrent vomiting, dyspepsia, psychogenic cough, and chronic functional pain (headache, migraine, musculoskeletal pain) for which an organic cause has been excluded and whose symptom has ha…
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