Metabolic syndrome, depression and anhedonia among young adults

Anhedonia is defined by DSM-V as the diminished ability to obtain pleasure from otherwise positive stimuli and as a keystone symptom of various neuropsychiatric disorders, such as major depressive disorder (MDD) (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). It is one of the main symptoms of depression and recent studies indicate that approximately 40% of individuals diagnosed with depression experience significant anhedonia (Pelizza and Ferrari, 2009; Romer Thomsen et al., 2015; Spijker et al., 2001).

Source: Psychiatry Research - August 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fernanda Pedrotti Moreira, Karen Jansen, Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso, Tha íse Campos Mondin, Igor Soares Vieira, Pedro Vieira da Silva Magalhães, Flavio Kapczinski, Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza, Ricardo Azevedo da Silva, Jean Pierre Oses, Carolina David W Source Type: research