Behavioral evidence for an impairment of affective theory of mind capabilities in chronic depression

Psychopathology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 240-250

  Mattern, Margarete ^a   Walter, Henrik ^b   Hentze, Charlotte ^a   Schramm, Elisabeth ^c,f   Drost, Sarah ^d   Schoepf, Dieter ^d   Fangmeier, Thomas ^c   Normann, Claus ^c   Zobel, Ingo ^e   Schnell, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^e HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; CBASP; Chronic depression; Cognitive empathy; Mentalizing; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84942317886     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: 1423033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000430450     Document Type: Article

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