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Empathy and social problem solving in alcohol dependence, mood disorders and selected personality disorders.

Thoma, Patrizia, Friedmann, Christine, Suchan, Boris·2013·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
DOI 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.01.024
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Altered empathic responding in social interactions in concert with a reduced capacity to come up with effective solutions for interpersonal problems have been discussed as relevant factors contributing to the development and maintenance of psychiatric disorders. The aim of the current work was to review and evaluate 30 years of empirical evidence of impaired empathy and social problem solving skills in alcohol dependence, mood disorders and selected personality disorders (borderline, narcissistic, antisocial personality disorders/psychopathy), which have until now received considerably less attention than schizophrenia or autism in this realm. Overall, there is tentative evidence for dissociations of cognitive (e.g. borderline personality disorder) vs. emotional (e.g. depression, narcissism, psychopathy) empathy dysfunction in some of these disorders. However, inconsistencies in the definition of relevant concepts and their measurement, scarce neuroimaging data and rare consideration of comorbidities limit the interpretation of findings. Similarly, although impaired social problem solving appears to accompany all of these disorders, the concept has not been well integrated with empathy or other cognitive dysfunctions as yet.

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Authors
Thoma, P., Friedmann, C., & Suchan, B.
Affiliations
Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Corresponding author
Thoma, Patrizia
ORCID
Thoma, Patrizia
Venue
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-03
Volume
37
Issue
3
Pages
448-470
ISSN
0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.01.024
OpenAlex
W2060079705
Cited by
134
References
306
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft–DFG) (TH 1535/2-1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
empathy, social problem solving, alcoholism, mood disorders, personality disorders, borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, psychopathy, cognitive empathy, affective empathy, depression, comorbidities, neuroimaging
MeSH terms
Alcoholism, Empathy, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Personality Disorders, Social Behavior, Mood Disorders

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