Psychosocial remediation in depressive disorders: A systematic review

•Psychotherapeutic, pharmacological and biological social functioning interventions in depressive disorders were reviewed.•A growing body of research was observed, especially in the last 10 years, but showing a low level of scientific evidence.•The main diagnosis found was major depressive disorder.•The principal social cognition domains assessed were emotional processing (especially in pharmacological studies) and attributional style (mainly in psychotherapies).•The type of intervention most found was the pharmacological one followed by psychotherapeutic interventions classified as "nonspecific".