Alterations of empathy in mothers with a history of early life maltreatment, depression, and borderline personality disorder and their effects on child psychopathology.

CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrated the dissociable effects of maternal ELM, MDD, and BPD on empathy. Elevated personal distress in mothers with BPD and MDD may lead to higher levels of child psychopathology. PMID: 31115280 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Psychological Medicine - May 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dittrich K, Bermpohl F, Kluczniok D, Hindi Attar C, Jaite C, Fuchs A, Neukel C, Herpertz SC, Brunner R, Winter SM, Lehmkuhl U, Roepke S, Kaess M, Heim C, Boedeker K Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research