Assessing anhedonia in depression: Potentials and pitfalls

SJ Rizvi, DA Pizzagalli, BA Sproule… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The resurgence of interest in anhedonia within major depression has been fuelled by
clinical trials demonstrating its utility in predicting antidepressant response as well as recent …

Reconsidering anhedonia in depression: lessons from translational neuroscience

MT Treadway, DH Zald - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Anhedonia is a core symptom of major depressive disorder (MDD), the neurobiological
mechanisms of which remain poorly understood. Despite decades of speculation regarding …

Delay discounting as a transdiagnostic process in psychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis

M Amlung, E Marsden, K Holshausen, V Morris… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Delay discounting is a behavioral economic index of impulsive preferences for
smaller-immediate or larger-delayed rewards that is argued to be a transdiagnostic process …

Maternal depression, women's empowerment, and parental investment: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial

V Baranov, S Bhalotra, P Biroli, J Maselko - American economic review, 2020 - aeaweb.org
We evaluate the medium-term impacts of treating maternal depression on women's mental
health, financial empowerment, and parenting decisions. We leverage variation induced by …

Research Review: altered reward function in adolescent depression: what, when and how?

EE Forbes, RE Dahl - Journal of Child Psychology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Conceptual models and recent evidence indicate that neural response to
reward is altered in depression. Taking a developmental approach to investigating reward …

Emotion and decision-making: affect-driven belief systems in anxiety and depression

MP Paulus, JY Angela - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2012 - cell.com
Emotion processing and decision-making are integral aspects of daily life. However, our
understanding of the interaction between these constructs is limited. In this review, we …

Dysfunctions of decision‐making and cognitive control as transdiagnostic mechanisms of mental disorders: Advances, gaps, and needs in current research

T Goschke - International journal of methods in psychiatric …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Disadvantageous decision‐making and impaired volitional control over actions, thoughts,
and emotions are characteristics of a wide range of mental disorders such as addiction …

Temporal discounting in major depressive disorder

E Pulcu, PD Trotter, EJ Thomas… - Psychological …, 2014 - cambridge.org
BackgroundMajor depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with abnormalities in financial
reward processing. Previous research suggests that patients with MDD show reduced …

[HTML][HTML] Decision making: from neuroscience to psychiatry

D Lee - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
Adaptive behaviors increase the likelihood of survival and reproduction and improve the
quality of life. However, it is often difficult to identify optimal behaviors in real life due to the …

The long-run effects of psychotherapy on depression, beliefs, and economic outcomes

B Bhat, J De Quidt, J Haushofer, VH Patel, G Rao… - 2022 - nber.org
We revisit two clinical trials that randomized depressed adults in India (n= 775) to a brief
course of psychotherapy or a control condition. Four to five years later, the treatment group …