Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 206-213 , May 2005

The negative effect of alexithymia on the outcome of group therapy for complicated grief: what role might the therapist play?

  • John S. Ogrodniczuk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1W6
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 604 822 8034; fax: +1 604 822 7786.
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  • William E. Piper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1W6
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  • Anthony S. Joyce

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7

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PII: S0010-440X(04)00136-1

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.08.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 206-213 , May 2005

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