“…For instance, women with PTSD have altered social learning that may predispose them to re-victimization (Cisler et al, 2015). Trauma survivors with PTSD exhibit lower empathic resonance (Nietlisbach, Maercker, Rossler, & Haker, 2010), and have deficits in mentalizing and emotion recognition (Plana, Lavoie, Battaglia, & Achim, 2014). Patients with PTSD report lower levels of empathic concern, decreased perspective taking and difficulty recognizing social relationships (Nazarov et al, 2014b; Parlar et al, 2014).…”