in acute and remitted MDD. Similarly, social cognition, which is the ability to identify, perceive, and interpret socially relevant information in relation to oneself and to others, is an important skill that plays a significant role in successful interpersonal and day-to-day functioning. The difficulties with social interaction observed in major depressive disorder may, at least in part, be due to an altered ability to correctly interpret emotional stimuli and mental states (37) that seem to persist even in remission of MDD, if not responding to intervention.
