First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.I. Emotions 1. Clinical Aspects of Affect 2. Affect Tolerance 3. Genetic View of Affects 4. Adolescence and Affect Development 5. The Model Affect 6. The Hedonic Element in Affectivity 7. Activating Aspects of Emotions II. Trauma 8. Reality 9. Trauma and Affect 10. Self-Representation and the Capacity for Self-Care 11. Trauma and the Stimulus Barrier III. Alexitymia and Posttraumatic States 12. Integration and Self-Healing in Posttraumatic States 13. Alexithymia 14. Assessing Alexithymia - John Krystal 15. Therapeutic Considerations in Alexithymia