title: [Social cognition in patients with mood disorders: part I: major depressive disorder : a comprehensive review of the literature].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Overview on the current knowledge regarding social cognition in patients with major depressive disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  Selective literature research on deficits in social cognition intrinsic to major depressive disorders, their occurrence and effects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Deficits in social cognition are considered to be core features of major depressive disorder. They are apparent during acute episodes of the disorders, endure when patients are in remission and have a significant negative impact on the patients' psychosocial outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to consider deficits in social cognition as an integral part of a treatment approach to achieve mental stabilization in patients with major depressive disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie,Univ.-Klinik für Allgemeine Psychiatrie und Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Österreich, christine.hoertnagl@i-med.ac.at.
authors.forename: Christine Maria
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hörtnagl
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oberheinricher
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hofer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D004644:Emotions; D004645:Empathy; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011379:Prognosis; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013067:Speech Perception; D056345:Theory of Mind