A review of the role of social cognition in major depressive disorder

Background: Social cognition – the ability to identify, perceive and interpret socially-relevant information – is an important skill that plays a significant role in successful interpersonal functioning. Social cognitive performance is recognised to be impaired in several psychiatric conditions, but...

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Main Authors: Michael James Weightman, Tracy Michelle Air, Bernhard Theodor Baune
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00179/full