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Concepts of anhedonia has been evolving over last two centuries. Many scientist, psychiatrist and many writers have described anhedonia in various capacities. | |||
Anhedonia was first recognized in 19th century. Towards 1980's it gained more attention with other symptoms of depression. | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
Anhedonia was first recognized in 19th century. Towards 1980's it gained more attention with other symptoms of depression. According to William James the term was coined by Théodule-Armand Ribot. One can distinguish many kinds of pathological depression. Sometimes it is mere passive joylessness and dreariness, discouragement, dejection, lack of taste and zest and spring. Professor Ribot has proposed the name anhedonia to designate this condition. "The state of anhedonia, if I may coin a new word to pair off with [[congenital analgesia|analgesia]]," he writes, "has been very little studied, but it exists."<ref>''Varieties of Religious Experience'' Lecture VI, The Sick Soul, William James 1902</ref> | |||
According to William James the term was coined by Théodule-Armand Ribot. One can distinguish many kinds of pathological depression. Sometimes it is mere passive joylessness and dreariness, discouragement, dejection, lack of taste and zest and spring. Professor Ribot has proposed the name anhedonia to designate this condition. "The state of anhedonia, if I may coin a new word to pair off with [[congenital analgesia|analgesia]]," he writes, "has been very little studied, but it exists."<ref>''Varieties of Religious Experience'' Lecture VI, The Sick Soul, William James 1902</ref> | |||
Revision as of 03:24, 20 March 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Pratik Bahekar, MBBS [2]
Overview
Concepts of anhedonia has been evolving over last two centuries. Many scientist, psychiatrist and many writers have described anhedonia in various capacities.
Historical Perspective
Anhedonia was first recognized in 19th century. Towards 1980's it gained more attention with other symptoms of depression. According to William James the term was coined by Théodule-Armand Ribot. One can distinguish many kinds of pathological depression. Sometimes it is mere passive joylessness and dreariness, discouragement, dejection, lack of taste and zest and spring. Professor Ribot has proposed the name anhedonia to designate this condition. "The state of anhedonia, if I may coin a new word to pair off with analgesia," he writes, "has been very little studied, but it exists."[1]
References
- ↑ Varieties of Religious Experience Lecture VI, The Sick Soul, William James 1902