Contrasting chronic with episodic depression: An analysis of distorted socio-emotional information processing in chronic depression

The specific features that differentiate chronic and episodic depression are widely unknown. This study compares the chronic and episodic form of depression with regard to two domains of socio-emotional information processing: Decoding of other people's emotional states (Theory of Mind) and the perception of own emotions (alexithymia).This study compares 30 chronically and 29 episodically depressed patients by tapping into Theory of Mind...