Anhedonia cost-effectiveness of therapy

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Pratik Bahekar, MBBS [2]

Overview

Anhedonia seems to be an important factor influencing prognosis of many diseases. Few studies have shown reduced positive outcome and increased rate of complication in the presence of anhedonia.

Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy

Schizophrenia=

  • Elevated levels of social anhedonia in patients with schizophrenia have been linked to poorer social functioning.[1][2]
  • Socially anhedonic individuals perform worse on a number of neuropsychological tests than non-anhedonic participants,[3][4] and show similar physiological abnormalities seen in patients with schizophrenia.[5]

References

  1. Blanchard, J.J., Bellack, A.S., & Mueser, K.T. (1994).
    • Affective and social-behavioral correlates of physical and social anhedonia in schizophrenia. ‘’Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103’’, 719-728.
  2. Blanchard, J.J., Mueser, K.T., & Bellack, A.S. (i1998). Anhedonia, positive and negative affect, and social functioning in schizophrenia. ‘’Schizophrenia Bulletin, 24’’, 413–424.
  3. Laurent, A., Biloa-Tang, M., Bougerol, T., Duly, D., Anchisi, A.M., Bosson, J.L., Pellat, J., d’Amato, T., & Dalery, J. (2000).
    • Executive/ attentional performance and measures of schizotypy in patients with schizophrenia and in their nonpsychotic first-degree relatives. ‘’Schizophrenia Research, 46’’, 269–283.
  4. Cohen, A., Leung, W., Saperstein, A., & Blanchard, J. (2006). Neuropsychological functioning and social anhedonia: Results from a community high-risk study. ‘’Schizophrenia Research, 85’’, 132−141.
  5. Cohen, A.S., Leung, W.W., Saperstein, A.M., & Blanchard, J.J. (2006). Neuropsychological functioning and social anhedonia: results from a community high-risk study. ‘’Schizophrenia Research, 85’’, 132-141.

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