A Case Report of Neurobrucellosis Mimicking Guillain–Barré Syndrome

A growing number of studies suggest that patients with depression exhibit tendency to interpret ambiguous stimuli in a relatively negative manner. The purpose of the present study is to develop a practical interpretation bias measure relevant to depression using the mental states behind the facial expressions.In the present cross-sectional study, 45 patients with major depression were compared with 50 healthy subjects. A modified version of reading the mind in the eyes test (RMET) with a new scoring system was used for evaluation. Independent t-test and Multi-Factor ANOVA were used for analysisFindings showed that individuals with major depressive disorder have generally lower performance in the mind reading (p < 0.001). Furthermore, they scored lower in reading the positive mind (p < 0.001) and the neutral mind (p < 0.001), while obtained higher scores in reading the negative mind (p < 0.05). Interpretation scores revealed that individuals with depression interpreted minds more negatively than it seems (p < 0.001).As individuals with depression tend to interpret mental states of others worse than they really are, reading the mind in the eyes test is potentially useful to assess the interpretation bias associated with depression.