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Social cognitive abilities predict psychosocial dysfunction in major depressive disorder

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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with social cognitive deficits (e.g., poor affect recognition and impaired theory of mind). However, the contribution of social cognitive issues to psychosocial dysfunction in… Click to show full abstract

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with social cognitive deficits (e.g., poor affect recognition and impaired theory of mind). However, the contribution of social cognitive issues to psychosocial dysfunction in MDD (e.g., occupational functioning and interpersonal relationships) has not been investigated. The current study evaluated the relationship between specific social cognitive domains (e.g., prosody interpretation) and psychosocial dysfunction in subjects with lifetime MDD, as well as currently depressed, remitted, and healthy controls (HCs) subjects.

Keywords: depressive disorder; psychosocial dysfunction; major depressive; social cognitive

Journal Title: Depression and Anxiety
Year Published: 2019

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