The human social brain is complex. Current knowledge fails to define the neurobiological
processes underlying social behaviour involving the (patho-) physiological mechanisms that …

Depression is associated with social risk factors, social impairments and poor social
functioning. This paper gives an overview of these social aspects using the NIMH Research …

In the 40 years since Aaron Beck first proposed his cognitive model of depression, the
elements of this model—biased attention, biased processing, biased thoughts and …

Objective: Functional neuroimaging investigations of major depressive disorder can
advance both the neural theory and treatment of this debilitating illness. Inconsistency of …

Anxiety is the most prevalent psychological disorder among youth, and even following
treatment, it confers risk for anxiety relapse and the development of depression. Anxiety …

The default mode network (DMN) is a network of brain regions active during rest and self-
referential thinking. Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) show increased or …

Self-criticism is strongly correlated with a range of psychopathologies, such as depression,
eating disorders and anxiety. In contrast, self-reassurance is inversely associated with such …

Expressed emotion (EE) is a measure of the family environment that predicts worse clinical
outcomes for patients with a range of disorders. This article describes the assessment of EE …

A neurobiological account of cognitive vulnerability for recurrent depression is presented
based on recent developments of resting state neural networks. We propose that alterations …

Levels of parental expressed emotion (EE) are prospectively associated with the
symptomatic course of a range of childhood psychiatric disorders. This article reviews the …