Empathy and depression: The moral system on overdrive

Empathy in Mental Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 49-75

  O’Connor, Lynn E ^a   Berry, Jack W ^b   Lewis, Thomas ^c   Mulherin, Kathleen ^d   Crisostomo, Patrice S ^a  

^a WRIGHT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Emotion Personality and Altruism Research Group Kaiser Permanente   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511543753.005     Document Type: Chapter

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