Cognitive Empathy Differences on the Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy Distinguish Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Other Mental Disorders
Aims: Bipolar personality disorder (BPD) is associated with a deficiency in cognitive empathy, defined as the ability to infer other’s mental state by imagining their perspective and interpreting cues like facial expression. However, patients with BPD tend to have a typical or heightened emotional e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2025-06-01
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| Series: | BJPsych Open |
| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425101968/type/journal_article |
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| Summary: | Aims: Bipolar personality disorder (BPD) is associated with a deficiency in cognitive empathy, defined as the ability to infer other’s mental state by imagining their perspective and interpreting cues like facial expression. However, patients with BPD tend to have a typical or heightened emotional empathy – having reciprocal feeling state. We hypothesise that an empathy measure that discriminates between cognitive and affective empathy could aid diagnosis, quantify severity, inform prognosis, and stratify treatment of BPD. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-4724 |