Two systems for empathy in obsessive-compulsive disorder: mentalizing and experience sharing

Objective: To investigate empathic abilities in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) compared to control subjects. OCD is characterized by persistent obsessions and compulsions. Previous studies have proposed specific emotion recognition deficits in patients with OCD. The ability to rec...

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Main Authors: Maria C. Pino, Domenico De Berardis, Melania Mariano, Federica Vellante, Nicola Serroni, Alessandro Valchera, Marco Valenti, Monica Mazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2016-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462016005004101&lng=en&tlng=en