Might the inability to feel pleasure (anhedonia) explain the symptoms of major depression and schizophrenia, including unmotivated anxiety, delusions and hallucinations?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-101

  Grillo, Luigi ^a  

^a San Giorgio su Legnano   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CONFUSION; DELUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PLEASURE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; DELUSIONS; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 83155192157     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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