Depression is associated with social risk factors, social impairments and poor social
functioning. This paper gives an overview of these social aspects using the NIMH Research …

Abstract Theory of mind (ToM) is an important skill that refers broadly to the capacity to
understand the mental states of others. A large number of neuroimaging studies have …

Poor insight in schizophrenia is prevalent across cultures and phases of illness. In this
review, we examine the recent research on the relationship of insight with behavior, mood …

Purpose Persecutory delusions are a central psychotic experience, at the severe end of a
paranoia spectrum in the general population. The aim of the review is to provide an …

Studies of psychiatric disorders have traditionally focused on emotional symptoms such as
depression, anxiety and hallucinations. However, poorly controlled cognitive deficits are …

Decety and JT Cacioppo (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of social neuroscience, pp. 551–64.
New York: Oxford University Press. The literature on the neuroscience of empathy, while …

This paper presents a novel neurobiological model of theory of mind (ToM) that incorporates
both neuroanatomical and neurochemical levels of specificity. Within this model, cortical and …

Schizophrenia is a complex and multifactorial disorder generally diagnosed in young adults
at the time of the first psychotic episode of delusions and hallucinations. These positive …

Although now believed to be two distinct disorders, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and
schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) share multiple phenotypic similarities and risk …

Purpose Although there is considerable evidence that adversities in childhood such as
social deprivation, sexual abuse, separation from parents, neglect and exposure to deviant …