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anxiety, DNA methyltransferases, stress
Abstract:
Psychiatric disorders can affect our ability to successfully and
enjoyably interact with others. Conversely, having difficulties in
social relations is known to increase the risk of developing a
psychiatric disorder. In this article, the assumption that psychiatric
disorders can be construed as disorders of social interaction is
reviewed from a clinical point of view. Furthermore, it is argued that a
psychiatrically motivated focus on the dynamics of social interaction
may help to provide new perspectives for the field of social
neuroscience. Such progress may be crucial to realize social
neuroscience's translational potential and to advance the
transdiagnostic investigation of the neurobiology of psychiatric
disorders.
