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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Does anhedonia correlate with depression severity in chronic depression? |
Author: | Schrader, G. |
Citation: | Comprehensive Psychiatry, 1997; 38(5):260-263 |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Issue Date: | 1997 |
ISSN: | 0010-440X 1532-8384 |
Abstract: | Anhedonia has been proposed as a psychological marker for biological depression. In this study, anhedonia was measured in a cohort of chronically depressed outpatients. Levels of anhedonia were similar to those reported in acutely depressed patients. Anhedonia was significantly correlated with morbid risk of depression in first-degree family members, neuroticism, introversion, and dysfunctional attitudes, but not with depression severity or hopelessness scores. In a naturalistic follow-up study over a 1-year period, while depression severity was significantly reduced, anhedonia scores remained constant. The study provides support for the view that in chronic depression anhedonia may have trait-like properties, and that the propensity toward anhedonic responses may occur irrespective of depressive severity. |
Keywords: | Humans Chronic Disease Risk Factors Affective Symptoms Depressive Disorder Personality Inventory Adult Aged Middle Aged Female Male |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0010-440X(97)90057-2 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0010-440x(97)90057-2 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Psychiatry publications |
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