Family Dysfunctional Interactive Patterns and Alexithymia in Adolescent Patients with Restrictive Eating Disorders

• Main Authors: Chiara Coci (Author), Livio Provenzi (Author), Valentina De Giorgis (Author), Renato Borgatti (Author), Matteo Chiappedi (Author), Martina Maria Mensi (Author), on behalf of the Mondino Foundation Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Adolescents diagnosed with Restrictive Eating Disorders (REDs) are at risk for alexithymia. REDs patients' families show dysfunctional interactive patterns, and childhood family environment influences alexithymia development. We aimed to assess the relationship between family dysfunctional inte...