title: Social cognition in serious mental illness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Social cognition represents a fundamental skill for effective social behavior. It is nowadays widely accepted that individuals suffering from serious mental illness are impaired in this domain.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Studies published since June 2012 have been reviewed, with a particular focus on theory of mind, social perception, social knowledge, attributional bias, and emotion processing in patients suffering from schizophrenia and mood disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The reviewed literature supports previous studies on deficits in social cognition in schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, and underscores their relevance in the psychosocial context.
authors.affiliation: aGeneral and Social Psychiatry Division, bBiological Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hoertnagl
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hofer
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012938:Social Perception; D056345:Theory of Mind