Advances in the computational understanding of mental illness

QJM Huys, M Browning, MP Paulus… - …, 2021 - nature.com
Computational psychiatry is a rapidly growing field attempting to translate advances in
computational neuroscience and machine learning into improved outcomes for patients …

Anhedonia as a central factor in depression: Neural mechanisms revealed from preclinical to clinical evidence

S Wang, F Leri, SJ Rizvi - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anhedonia is one of the core symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD), which is often
inadequately treated by traditional antidepressants. The modern framework of anhedonia …

Reinforcement learning in patients with mood and anxiety disorders vs control individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis

AC Pike, OJ Robinson - JAMA psychiatry, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Computational psychiatry studies have investigated how reinforcement learning
may be different in individuals with mood and anxiety disorders compared with control …

“Don't [ruminate], be happy”: A cognitive perspective linking depression and anhedonia

AV Rutherford, SD McDougle, J Joormann - Clinical Psychology Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Anhedonia, a lack of pleasure in things an individual once enjoyed, and rumination, the
process of perseverative and repetitive attention to specific thoughts, are hallmark features …

Reward and punishment reversal-learning in major depressive disorder.

D Mukherjee, ALS Filipowicz, K Vo… - Journal of Abnormal …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Depression has been associated with impaired reward and punishment processing, but the
specific nature of these deficits is still widely debated. We analyzed reinforcement-based …

[HTML][HTML] Belief updating in psychosis, depression and anxiety disorders: A systematic review across computational modelling approaches

T Gibbs-Dean, T Katthagen, I Tsenkova, R Ali… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alterations in belief updating are proposed to underpin symptoms of psychiatric illness,
including psychosis, depression, and anxiety. Key parameters underlying belief updating …

Positive affect and reward processing in the treatment of depression, anxiety and trauma

MG Craske, BD Dunn, AE Meuret, SJ Rizvi… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
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 …

Transdiagnostic inflexible learning dynamics explain deficits in depression and schizophrenia

H Kirschner, MR Nassar, AG Fischer, T Frodl… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Deficits in reward learning are core symptoms across many mental disorders. Recent work
suggests that such learning impairments arise by a diminished ability to use reward history …

Comparing the streamlined psychotherapy “Engage” with problem-solving therapy in late-life major depression. A randomized clinical trial

GS Alexopoulos, PJ Raue, S Banerjee, P Marino… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Effective psychotherapies for late-life depression are underutilized, mainly because of their
complexity.“Engage” is a novel, streamlined psychotherapy that relies on neurobiology to …

Prolonged physiological stress is associated with a lower rate of exploratory learning that is compounded by depression

EA Kaske, CS Chen, C Meyer, F Yang, B Ebitz… - Biological Psychiatry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Stress is a major risk factor for depression, and both are associated with
important changes in decision-making patterns. However, decades of research have only …