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Depression affecting moral judgment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2010

Luisa Terroni  and
Renerio Fraguas
Luisa Terroni
Affiliation:
Liaison Psychiatry Group, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Clinics Hospital, Medical Faculty, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, [email protected]://www.fm.usp.br
Renerio Fraguas
Affiliation:
Liaison Psychiatry Group, Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroimaging (LIM-21), Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Clinics Hospital, Medical Faculty, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. [email protected]://www.fm.usp.br
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Abstract

Depressive mood can be involved in the moral judgments made by people with depression. Here, we focus on the negative judgments depressed patients have of themselves and the world. Possibly, the alterations in moral judgment in subjects with depression can be understood by taking into account the neural basis of depression.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , August 2010 , pp. 352
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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