Assessment of anhedonia in psychological trauma: Development of the Hedonic Deficit and Interference Scale

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Frewen, Paul A ^a   Dozois, David J A ^a   Lanius, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Depression; Negative affect; Negative affective interference; Positive affect; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977103342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.8587     Document Type: Article

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