Preoperational Thinking as a Measure of Social Cognition Is Associated With Long-Term Course of Depressive Symptoms. A Longitudinal Study Involving Patients With Depression and Healthy Controls

Preoperational Thinking as a Measure of Social Cognition Is Associated With Long-Term Course of Depressive Symptoms. A Longitudinal Study Involving Patients With Depression and Healthy Controls

BackgroundDeficits in social cognition, referred to as preoperational thinking, are assumed to play a key role in the pathogenesis of persistent depression. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of preoperational thinking on the two-year course of depressive symptoms in a sample of persist...

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Main Authors: Stefan Sondermann, Jörg Stahl, Ulrike Grave, Janne Outzen, Steffen Moritz, Jan Philipp Klein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
depression
social cognition
preoperational thinking
persistent depressive disorder
Cognitive–Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy
interpersonal behavior
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00652/full

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