The inability to experience pleasure or interest in activities (commonly referred to in clinical
settings as anhedonia) is characteristic of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder …

Previous studies have evaluated the relationship between anhedonia and suicidality;
however, to our knowledge, there has been no quantitative synthesis evaluating the …

Two-thirds of individuals experience adversity during childhood such as neglect, abuse or
highly-stressful events. Early-life adversity (ELA) increases the life-long risk of develo** …

Depression, the most prevalent psychiatric disorder, is characterized by increased negative
affect (ie depressed mood) and reduced positive affect (ie anhedonia). Stress is a risk factor …

Background Life engagement in the context of mental health is a broad term that describes
positive health aspects relating to cognition, vitality, motivation and reward, and the ability to …

Stress-induced dysfunction of reward processing is documented to be a critical factor
associated with mental illness. Although many studies have attempted to clarify the …

Abstract Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) are still under
recognized and undertreated, especially in primary care settings. One of the challenges …

Anhedonia, or diminished pleasure and motivation, is a symptom of severe mental illness
(eg, depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia) that emerges during adolescence …

Hedonic deficits have been extensively studied in schizophrenia, but little is known about
their association with suicidal ideation in early psychosis. The aim of this research was to …

Objective Anhedonia is a core symptom of major depressive disorder (MDD) and often
associated with poor prognosis. The main objective of the present study was to explore the …