Healio (9/1, Gramigna) reports, “Anhedonia severity differed across various disorders,” investigators concluded after analyzing “168 articles featuring 16,494 participants.” Researchers then “found that those with current major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, substance use disorder, Parkinson’s disease and chronic pain exhibited higher scores on the” Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale, “which is a widely used questionnaire for assessing anhedonia,” than “healthy participants.” The findings of the systematic review and meta-analysis were published online in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “Inability to experience pleasure varies across psychiatric disorders, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, September 01, 2020