Examination of the Relationship Between the Theory of Mind, Neurocognitive Functions and Thought-Language Features in the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Affective Disorder I Groups.

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship of ToM with face-emotion recognition, executive functions and thought disorders in the schizophrenia (SC) and bipolar affective disorder I (BAD I) groups.

Method: 40 SC, 40 BAD I and 40 healthy control groups were included, matched for age, gender, and educational status. Dokuz Eylül Theory of Mind Scale (DEToMS)) and Reading Mind in Eyes (RMET) test, Benton face recognition test (BFRT), Ekman emotion recognition battery, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Stroop test, Thought and Language Index (TLI) were used.

Temperament and Character Profiles of Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Compared With Major Depression Patients and Healthy Controls.

Background/objective: Depressive disorder is common in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), who exhibit specific brain imaging abnormalities resembling those in major depression (MD). We compared temperament and character profiles between patients with AS and MD.

Methods: The study involved 36 patients with AS, 40 with MD, and 36 healthy controls (HCs).

The relationship of cognitive impairment with neurological and psychiatric variables in multiple sclerosis patients.

Objective: Cognitive impairment (CI) in multiple sclerosis (MS) can develop any time. CI is associated with the degree of neuronal loss, but disease duration, fatigue, comorbid affective disorder, and drug dose may also affect cognition. Our aim was to assess which cognitive domain was disturbed primarily in mild MS patients and to see whether CI was related with clinical and psychiatric features.