A History of the Alexithymia Concept and Its Explanatory Models: An Epistemological Perspective
Identificadores
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12020/866ISSN: 1664-0640
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.01026
Fecha
2020-01-31Tipo de documento
articleÁrea/s de conocimiento
PsicologíaMateria/s Unesco
61 PsicologíaResumen
Alexithymia, as a theoretical psychotherapeutic construct, finds its origins in
psychosomatic medicine, actually being quite old. However, beyond the specific
observations and case studies, their characterization and systematization is relatively
recent. However, from an epistemological point of view, it remains the subject of debate
and therefore remains outside the conventional diagnostic guidelines. Possibly, its history,
closely linked to psychoanalysis, as well as the lack of clear empirical references, has
turned the alexithymia construct before into a good descriptive and comprehensive
framework than in a precise diagnostic model. In this article it is, following the thread
conduits of the historical perspective, to deepen these epistemological aspects.