Anhedonia Reduction and the Association Between Left Ventral Striatal Reward Response and 6-Month Improvement in Life Satisfaction Among Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Anhedonia is a symptom of multiple psychiatric conditions in young adults that is associated with poorer mental health and psychosocial function and abnormal ventral striatum reward processing. Aberrant function of neural reward circuitry is well documented in anhedonia and other psychiatric disorders. Longitudinal studies to identify potential biomarkers associated with a reduction in anhedonia are necessary for the development of novel treatment targets.

Objective

To identify neural reward-processing factors associated with improved psychiatric symptoms and psychosocial function in a naturalistic, observational context.

Design, setting, and participants

A longitudinal cohort follow-up study was conducted from March 1, 2014, to June 5, 2018, at the Univers

SUBMITTER: Eckstrand KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6506875 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature