Mentalisation in multiple sclerosis: The role of mentalisation in anxiety and depression

Background: Multiple sclerosis(MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease and characterised by impairment in cognitive social functioning during the course of disease. Mentalisation great importance as it ability to understand oneself others. disorders constitute risk for psychiatric diseases. In our study, mentalisation skills their relationship with anxiety depression symptoms were investigated MS patients.
 Method: 31 consecutive patients included study. Sociodemographic form, Beck inventory, scale administered participants. was considered three sub-dimensions: self-based (MentS-S), others-based (MentS-O) motivation mentalise (MentS-M).
 Result: Patients Anxiety have significantly lower MentS-O scores. MentS-S scores those found be higher. While positive moderate correlation between dimension is, negative MentS-M dimensions
 Conclusion: Mental are impaired Ms. This appears different sub-dimensions depression. Differences particularly associated