Depressive disorders are often accompanied by severe and pervasive impairments in social
functioning, surpassing those experienced by individuals with other chronic medical …

Reflective functioning offers an empirically grounded framework for the assessment of
mentalization. This article briefly outlines the theory of mentalization and the development of …

Mentalizing is the human capacity to understand actions of others and one's own behavior in
terms of intentional mental states, such as feelings, wishes, goals and desires. Mentalizing is …

Major depression is a common disorder, accounting for more disability than any other
disorder worldwide. The rates of major depression in the United States rose markedly in the …

Introduction The capacity to understand one's own actions and those of others in terms of
cognitive and affective mental states (ie, reflective functioning or mentalizing) is thought to …

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a self-rating scale for a differentiated
assessment of mentalization. A pool of 40 items was developed and evaluated on n= 434 …

Depression is associated with profound impairments in social and interpersonal functioning.
However, little research has addressed deficits in mentalizing capacity that may underlie …

Abstract The Reflective Functioning Scale (RFS) was developed to assess individual
differences in the ability to mentalize attachment relationships. The RFS assesses …

Background Accumulated evidence suggests that childhood emotional abuse is particularly
related to adulthood depression. However, this connection demands further explanation …

Patients suffering from major depression experience difficulties in multiple cognitive
faculties. A growing body of research has linked affective disorders to abnormalities in social …