Editing Social skills (section)

===Alcohol misuse===
Social skills are often significantly impaired in people suffering from [[alcoholism]].<ref name="pmid18412750"/> This is due to the neurotoxic [[long-term effects of alcohol]] misuse on the brain, especially the [[prefrontal cortex]] area of the brain.<ref name="pmid18412750"/> The social skills that are typically impaired by [[alcohol abuse]], include impairments in perceiving facial emotions, [[Semantic prosody|prosody]] perception problems, and [[theory of mind]] deficits.<ref name="pmid18412750"/> The ability to understand humor is also often impaired in alcohol abusers.<ref name="pmid18412750">{{cite journal |author=Uekermann J, Daum I |title=Social cognition in alcoholism: a link to prefrontal cortex dysfunction? |journal=Addiction |volume=103 |issue=5 |pages=726–35 |date=May 2008 |pmid=18412750 |doi=10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02157.x }}</ref> Impairments in social skills can also occur in individuals who have [[fetal alcohol spectrum disorder]]s. These deficits persist throughout the affected people's lives, and may worsen over time due to the effects of aging on the brain.<ref name="Kully-Martens-2012">{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kully-Martens | first1 = K. | last2 = Denys | first2 = K. | last3 = Treit | first3 = S. | last4 = Tamana | first4 = S. | last5 = Rasmussen | first5 = C. | title = A review of social skills deficits in individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and prenatal alcohol exposure: profiles, mechanisms, and interventions. | journal = Alcohol Clin Exp Res | volume = 36 | issue = 4 | pages = 568–76 |date=Apr 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01661.x | pmid = 22017360 }}</ref>