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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Clinical Medicine

Background:

  • Mentalization involves interpreting mental states in self and others.
  • White matter abnormalities, common in Multiple Sclerosis (MS), may impact mentalization.
  • Understanding these effects is crucial for MS patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate mentalization skills in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) compared to healthy controls.
  • To explore potential links between MS-related white matter changes and mentalization deficits.

Main Methods:

  • A comparative study involving 243 participants (73 MS patients, 170 healthy controls).
  • Utilized the Mentalization Scale (MentS) to assess different dimensions of mentalization.
  • Collected sociodemographic data from all participants.

Main Results:

  • MS patients scored significantly lower on the others-based mentalization (MentS-O) dimension.
  • No significant differences were found in motivation to mentalize (MentS-M) or self-based mentalization (MentS-S).

Conclusions:

  • Multiple Sclerosis patients exhibit difficulties in comprehending others' thoughts and mental states.
  • Impaired others-based mentalization may contribute to social cognition challenges in MS.
  • Findings suggest a potential neurological basis for social deficits in MS.