Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9380564 | Journal of Affective Disorders | 2005 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Our results demonstrate that severely depressed individuals are significantly impaired in their ability to decode others' mental states. We suggest that strategies based on improving basic theory-of-mind reasoning could be incorporated into current therapeutic interventions for depressed individuals to ameliorate their understanding and interpretation of social information.
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Authors
Lisa Lee, Kate L. Harkness, Mark A. Sabbagh, Jill A. Jacobson,