"Anhedonia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Inability to experience pleasure due to impairment or dysfunction of normal psychological and neurobiological mechanisms. It is a symptom of many PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (e.g., DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; and SCHIZOPHRENIA).
| Descriptor ID |
D059445
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.606.057 C23.888.592.604.039 F01.700.039
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| Concept/Terms |
Social Anhedonia- Social Anhedonia
- Anhedonia, Social
- Anhedonias, Social
- Social Anhedonias
Physical Anhedonia- Physical Anhedonia
- Anhedonia, Physical
- Anhedonias, Physical
- Physical Anhedonias
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anhedonia" by people in Profiles.
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Cocaine use disorder: anhedonia and emotional flattening in an emotional picture rating task. Addict Behav. 2026 Nov; 182:108794.
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The effects of estradiol on subcortical brain volumes in perimenopausal-onset depression. J Affect Disord. 2025 May 15; 377:45-52.
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Undervaluing nondrug rewards or overvaluing cocaine? Cocaine demand relates to cocaine use severity more strongly than anhedonia in individuals with cocaine use disorder. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2025 Feb; 33(1):91-99.
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Predicting Acute Changes in Suicidal Ideation and Planning: A Longitudinal Study of Symptom Mediators and the Role of the Menstrual Cycle in Female Psychiatric Outpatients With Suicidality. Am J Psychiatry. 2024 01 01; 181(1):57-67.
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Deficits in consummatory reward relate to severity of cocaine use. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 08 01; 249:109950.
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Perimenopausal Effects of Estradiol on Anhedonia and Psychosis Study (PEEPs): study protocol for a neural and molecular mechanistic clinical trial. Trials. 2023 Feb 28; 24(1):150.
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Effects of gonadal steroids on reward circuitry function and anhedonia in women with a history of postpartum depression. J Affect Disord. 2022 10 01; 314:176-184.
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The main and interactive effects of distress tolerance and reward function on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among firefighters. Psychol Trauma. 2023 Sep; 15(Suppl 2):S319-S326.
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Multilevel growth curve analyses of behavioral activation for anhedonia (BATA) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy effects on anhedonia and resting-state functional connectivity: Interim results of a randomized trial?. J Affect Disord. 2021 09 01; 292:161-171.
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Effects of Roluperidone (MIN-101) on two dimensions of the negative symptoms factor score: Reduced emotional experience and reduced emotional expression. Schizophr Res. 2020 01; 215:352-356.