Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 177-183 , March 2008

Basic emotions and psychological distress: association between recognition of facial expressions and Symptom Checklist-90 subscales

  • Gábor Csukly

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of General Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 1091, Budapest, Hungary.
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  • Pál Czobor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of General Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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  • Lajos Simon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of General Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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  • Barnabás Takács

      Affiliations

    • Virtual Human Interface Group, MTA SZTAKI, 1111 Budapest, Hungary

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 Work was done at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweis University (Budapest, Hungary).

PII: S0010-440X(07)00122-8

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.09.001

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 177-183 , March 2008

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