title: [Social cognitive functioning in first-degree relatives of patients with bipolar disorder. A review of the literature].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Impairments of emotion recognition and theory of mind have been reported in bipolar patients both during the acute phase of the illness and during euthymia. Therefore, social cognitive dysfunction is a possible endophenotype in bipolar disorder. An endophenotype of a disease necessarily appears more often among the relatives of patients who are not affected by the disease than in the general population.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this paper we review studies conducted among the first-degree relatives of bipolar patients that focused on the exploration of possible social cognitive deficits.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Through the database search 13 studies were identified. The results of the studies give minor support to the possible endophenotypic role of social cognition in bipolar disorder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Due to the small amount of data that can be found in the field, no firm conclusion can be drawn, the topic is open for further research.
authors.affiliation: Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem, Klinikai Idegtudomanyok Doktori Iskola, Pszichiatria Program, Pecs, Hungary, E-mail: berecz.hajnalka@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hajnalka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berecz
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tényi
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders; D003527:Cyclothymic Disorder; D006801:Humans; D012917:Social Adjustment