Pacientes com esclerose múltipla apresentam baixos níveis de empatia
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, demyelinating, autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. This condition typically affects young adults and accompanies them throughout life. Psychological and psychiatric comorbidities like depression, anxiety and social isolation are often reported in patients with this disease1. Demyelination can occur in several areas of the central nervous system and neurological disability may be the result of relapsing or progressive damage to axonal myelin2. Empathy is a complex state of mind that depends on the skill to project oneself into another person’s situation. It involves sympathizing with and caring for the other person, while responding adequately to this projective experience3. The motivational state of empathy is not only seen in humans, given that several animals can show support toward their mates. A typical example of empathy among rodents was seen in an experiment in which a caged rat was released but was kept restrained. 4 Other rats, that were eating chocolate, went to release the restrained rat and they all shared the food4. Other mammals and even birds can show altruistic behavior towards those in distress5. Although empathy is obviously affected by cultural, religious and parenting attitudes, every person has a degree of empathy towards human and animal suffering. However, certain neurological conditions may negatively affect social behavior, and the ability to understand and react to other people’s feelings may be notably diminished. The connectivity of brain pathways, rather than a
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تاریخ انتشار 2016