Development and validation of the Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale (DARS) in a community sample and individuals with major depression

SJ Rizvi, LC Quilty, BA Sproule, A Cyriac, RM Bagby… - Psychiatry …, 2015 - Elsevier
Anhedonia, a core symptom of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), is predictive of
antidepressant non-response. In contrast to the definition of anhedonia as a “loss of …

Anhedonia in unipolar major depressive disorder: A review

GS Dichter - The Open Psychiatry Journal, 2010 - benthamopen.com
Anhedonia, the decreased capacity to experience pleasure, is a defining symptom of
unipolar major depressive disorder (MDD). This review summarizes definitions and …

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 …

SHAPS-C: the Snaith-Hamilton pleasure scale modified for clinician administration

R Ameli, DA Luckenbaugh, NF Gould, MK Holmes… - PeerJ, 2014 - peerj.com
Anhedonia, a diminished or lack of ability to experience and anticipate pleasure represents
a core psychiatric symptom in depression. Current clinician assessment of anhedonia is …

Evaluation of anhedonia with the Snaith–Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS) in adult outpatients with major depressive disorder

PA Nakonezny, DW Morris, TL Greer, MJ Byerly… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Anhedonia or inability to experience pleasure not only is a core symptom of major
depressive disorder (MDD), but also is identified as an important component of the positive …

The assessment of anhedonia in clinical and non-clinical populations: further validation of the Snaith–Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS)

IHA Franken, E Rassin, P Muris - Journal of affective disorders, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Anhedonia, the inability to experience pleasure, is a major endophenotype
of depression. In addition to this, it is an important clinical feature of schizophrenia and …

Anhedonia in melancholic and non-melancholic depressive disorders

K Fletcher, G Parker, A Paterson, M Fava… - Journal of Affective …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Anhedonia represents a core symptom of major depression and may be a
potential marker for melancholia. However, current understanding of this construct in …

[HTML][HTML] Progress and challenges in research of the mechanisms of anhedonia in major depressive disorder

YA Su, T Si - General psychiatry, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is an increasing heavy disease burden of major depressive disorder (MDD) globally.
Both high diagnostic heterogeneity and complicated pathological mechanisms of MDD pose …

Assessment of anhedonia in adults with and without mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Trøstheim, M Eikemo, R Meir, I Hansen… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Anhedonia, a reduced capacity for pleasure, is described for many psychiatric
and neurologic conditions. However, a decade after the Research Domain Criteria launch …

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 …