@article{ref1,
title="Alexithymia, resilience and suicidal ideation among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder",
journal="Middle East current psychiatry",
year="2023",
author="Abd-Elhamed, Mai Mohamed Elsayed and Hady, Rehab Fathy Abdel and Mahmoud, Shadia Fathy and Mohamed, Bothina Elsayed Said",
volume="30",
number="1",
pages="e86-e86",
abstract="Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric illness with a considerable risk of alexithymia, and suicide may make this risk worse. This study aimed to assess alexithymia, resilience, and suicidal ideation among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. A cross-sectional study was established at the psychiatric outpatient clinic at Zagazig University Hospitals in addition to Abbasyia Hospital for Mental Health in Cairo City. A purposive sample of 140 obsessive-compulsive patients. Five tools were used for data collection, including the socio-demographic questionnaire, the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), the Resilience Scale, and the Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2090-5408",
doi="10.1186/s43045-023-00355-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43045-023-00355-9"
}