Irene Navis, Almaas Shaikh, David McCarthy, Evette Perez, Milissa Chanice, Christopher Newton, Rita V Burke
Addressing Health-Care Disparities in Pediatric Disaster Planning: A Qualitative Study
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
aim study examine theory mind tom abilities patients social anxiety disorder sad without avoidant personality disorder avpd comorbidity total 55 patients sad 25 patients avpd sad presented diskapi teaching research hospital psychiatry outpatient unit diagnosed sad according structured clinical interview diagnostic criteria dsm5 30 healthy controls included study sociodemographic data form sad autism spectrum quotient asq liebowitz social anxiety scale lsas reading mind eyes test rmet dokuz eyll theory mind index detomi used tom positiveemotion scores measured rmet higher control group sad sadavpd groups tom negativeemotion scores lower sadavpd group sad control groups tom neutralemotion scores similar three groups statistically significant differences favor control group total score detomi subtests among three groups difference among three groups faux pas comprehension test findings suggest avpd comorbidity associated decrease many tom skills decoding reasoning decrease mainly related perception mental states emotional load specific methods needed tom problems observed patients sad avpd