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Recent Advances in Psychotherapeutic Treatment and Understanding of Alexithymia in Patients with Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Filip Mustač
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Tin Galijašević
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Eva Podolski
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Andrej Belančić
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Martina Matovinović
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Darko Marčinko
Version 1 : Received: 8 September 2023 / Approved: 8 September 2023 / Online: 11 September 2023 (09:21:26 CEST)

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Mustač, F.; Galijašević, T.; Podolski, E.; Belančić, A.; Matovinović, M.; Marčinko, D. Recent Advances in Psychotherapeutic Treatment and Understanding of Alexithymia in Patients with Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2. Diabetology 2023, 4, 481-489. Mustač, F.; Galijašević, T.; Podolski, E.; Belančić, A.; Matovinović, M.; Marčinko, D. Recent Advances in Psychotherapeutic Treatment and Understanding of Alexithymia in Patients with Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2. Diabetology 2023, 4, 481-489.

Abstract

Alexithymia as the inability to describe one's own feelings, is being increasingly researched. According to contemporary psychodynamic theories, negative emotions cannot be adequately named and externalized, but remain trapped in the body. Recent research shows the connection of alexithymia with numerous somatic diseases. Diabetes mellitus type 2 and obesity represent a great challenge in treatment, and the psychological profiles in these diseases are being studied more and more often. Therefore, alexithymia enters the focus of some research as one that could play a significant role namely in these diseases as the factor that makes a difference. The aim of this paper is a review of the literature with the purpose of understanding the current knowledge about the interconnection between alexithymia, obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Keywords

alexithymia; obesity; diabetes mellitus type 2; psychodynamic psychotherapy

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health

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