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Deficits in affiliative reward: An endophenotype for psychiatric disorders?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2005

Alfonso Troisi*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00161, Italy;
Francesca R. D'amato*
Affiliation:
Section of Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology, Institute of Neuroscience, National Council of Research, Rome, 00137, Italy

Abstract

Depue & Morrone-Strupinsky’s (D&M-S’s) model of affiliation meets the criteria advanced for the definition of behavior systems and endophenotypes. We argue that its application in psychiatry could be useful for identifying a biological pathophysiology common to a variety of conditions that are currently classified in very different categories of psychiatric nosography, including autism, schizoid personality, primary psychopathy, and dismissing attachment.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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