Are disturbances in mentalization ability similar between schizophrenic patients and borderline personality disorder patients? A pilot study
Tair, B.; Ikshaibon, I.; Abu-Alhiga, M.; Peleg, T.; Awad, Y.; Plazur, E.; Golani, I.; Peleg, I.; Shamir, A.
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There is a growing interest in theory of mind (ToM) performance among individuals with psychiatric disorders, however, the difference and the performance level between different diagnoses is unclear. Here, we compared the ToM abilities of schizophrenia, schizoaffective and borderline personality individuals (BPD) with healthy individuals, and searched for a correlation between ToM ability, social skills, and empathy. Overall, diagnostic groups performed worse in the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test and recognized fewer Faux Pax motifs than healthy individuals recognize. No difference was observed in the ability to perform the eyes test between schizophrenic patients with and without the affective components and BPD patients. Both schizophrenia and BPD patients received a higher score in the autism-spectrum questioner, while all the diagnostic groups scored lower on the empathy quotient scale than healthy individuals. Finally, a correlation was found between ToM ability and empathy, but not with autistic-related traits. Results indicate that both cognitive and affective aspects of ToM are impaired across all the diagnostic groups, challenge the ability to use ToM as a differential diagnostic tool, and strengthens the correlation between decreased empathy and impaired ToM.
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