Spontaneous mentalizing in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a meta-analysis.

Background: Spontaneous mentalizing refers to the capacity to attribute mental states to oneself and others without explicit prompts or conscious deliberation. This process enables individuals to comprehend and anticipate social behaviors in a more intuitive manner. Individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia frequently demonstrate deficits in this domain, which contribute to impaired social functioning.

Irony comprehension in first-degree relatives of patients with bipolar affective disorder - a preliminary fMRI study.

Introduction: Mentalization or Theory of Mind (ToM) is crucial for interpreting social situations and understanding others' beliefs and intentions. Irony comprehension, which involves constructing a coherent narrative from contradictory information, is linked to ToM. This study examines first-degree relatives of individuals diagnosed with bipolar I disorder to determine if irony comprehension and its neural correlates can serve as endophenotypic markers for bipolar disorder.

Cariprazine maintenance treatment during pregnancy - a case report.

Data on reproductive safety of recently approved newer antipsychotics are limited. Here, we report a case vignette of a patient with schizophrenia treated with cariprazine during pregnancy. The patient became pregnant unexpectedly while taking medication.

Patients with chronic bipolar disorder show impairments in interpreting literary fiction - A preliminary explorative study with the short story task.

Introduction: Theory of mind (ToM) is a crucial skill in navigating and functioning in the social world. Significant ToM impairment was consistently found in bipolar disorder; it can be both a state and trait marker of the disorder. However, most of the ToM tests are not sensitive enough to detect subtle individual differences, which would be necessary for an individualized treatment plan.

The effect of reading literary fiction on the theory of mind skills among persons with schizophrenia and normal controls.

Introduction: Recent research data suggest that theory of mind (ToM) skills may improve after reading literary fiction. However, beside this short term favorable effect, regular long-term reading of literary fiction may also support ToM development or may improve ToM performance. The presence of impaired ToM abilities is well-documented in schizophrenia; however, the role of reading in these deficits is unknown.

["Praecox-Gefühl". A brief look].

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[Hikikomori: a possible mental health consequence of the COVID-19 epidemic].

Összefoglaló. A COVID-19-járvány kényszerű tartós szociális távolságtartást idézett elő az emberek között, ami az egyéb mentális rendellenességek és mentálhigiénés következmények mellett egy sajátos pszichiátriai jelenségre, a hikikomori állapotra hívja fel a figyelmet. A hikikomori tartós és szélsőséges szociális visszahúzódással járó jelenség, melynek kidolgozott kritériumrendszere egyelőre még nem található meg a mentális rendellenességeket osztályozó diagnosztikus kézikönyvekben.

Increased Prevalence of Minor Physical Anomalies Among the Healthy First-Degree Relatives of Bipolar I Patients - Results With the Méhes Scale.

Minor physical anomalies are somatic markers of aberrant neurodevelopment, so the higher prevalence of these signs among the relatives of bipolar I patients can confirm minor physical anomalies as endophenotypes. The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of minor physical anomalies in first-degree healthy relatives of patients with bipolar I disorder compared to normal control subjects. Using a list of 57 minor physical anomalies (the Méhes Scale), 20 first-degree unaffected relatives of patients with the diagnosis of bipolar I disorder and as a comparison 20 matched normal control subjects were examined.

[The Frieze of Life, or death, anxiety and love in the oeuvre of Edvard Munch].

Edvard Munch was a Norwegian expressionist painter. His painting The Scream is one of the most wellknown visual art in the world. His works present psychologically significant topics such as anxiety, love, illness, and death.