Hemming Laura, Haddock Gillian, Shaw Jennifer, Pratt Daniel
Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Front Psychiatry. 2019 Apr 11;10:203. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00203. eCollection 2019.
Depression affects around 4-10% of the general population in England. Depression can often lead to behaviors and thoughts related to suicide and aggression, which have a social and economic burden to the United Kingdom. One construct that has been theorized as having an association with these behaviors is alexithymia. People with alexithymia have difficulties identifying and describing their emotional experiences. To date, there is no consensus on types or causes of alexithymia. Whilst the literature evidences a strong relationship between alexithymia and suicidality and aggression, little is known about the nature of this relationship. The present article will attempt to describe the extant literature on this relationship, drawing out some of the contentions and unanswered questions.
在英国，抑郁症影响着约4%至10%的普通人群。抑郁症常常会导致与自杀和攻击行为相关的表现及想法，这给英国带来了社会和经济负担。一种理论上被认为与这些行为有关的心理结构是述情障碍。患有述情障碍的人在识别和描述自己的情绪体验方面存在困难。迄今为止，关于述情障碍的类型或成因尚无定论。虽然文献表明述情障碍与自杀倾向和攻击行为之间存在密切关系，但对于这种关系的本质却知之甚少。本文将试图描述关于这种关系的现有文献，梳理出一些争议点和未解决的问题。
