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Treatment of psychiatric disorders relies heavily on a trial and error approach, often prolonging the time required to obtain symptomatic improvements. The identification of reliable predictors of treatment response is instrumental to enact an individualized approach. Alexithymia represents a personality trait reflecting an intrinsic difficulty in recognizing the emotional components of subjective experiences. Thus, its modulating role on treatment outcome has gathered substantial attention during the past years. In the present paper, we aimed at exploring the available evidence for Alexithymia role in influencing the treatment outcome on a wide range of psychiatric conditions by means of a systematic review. ## Data Source We performed a systematic review in Medline and Scopus, augmented by tracking the reference list of the pertinent articles. ## Inclusion Criteria To be included in this review, research studies had to assess alexithymia impact on a treatment intervention delivered to manage a primary psychiatric disorder. ## Study Evaluation and Data Synthesis After removing duplicates, titles were screened first, then abstracts, and last full texts were read, eventually leading

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Author

Pinna, Federica; Manchia, Mirko; Paribello, Pasquale; Carpiniello, Bernardo

Publisher

Frontiers; Frontiers Media SA; Frontiers Media S.A.; Lausanne: Frontiers Media S.A., 2010- (ISSN 1664-0640)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)