Reward-related predictors of symptom change in behavioral activation therapy for anhedonic adolescents: a multimodal approach.

ABSTRACT: Anhedonia is a cardinal characteristic of depression which predicts worse treatment outcome and is among the most common residual symptoms following treatment. Behavioral Activation (BA) has been shown to be an effective treatment for depressed adults, and more recently, depressed adolescents. Given its emphasis on systematically and gradually increasing exposure to and engagement with rewarding activities and experiences, BA may be a particularly effective intervention for adolescents experiencing anhedonia and associated reward system dysfunction. In the present study, anhedonic adolescents (AA; n = 39) received 12 weekly sessions of BA and completed a multimodal (i.e., neural, behavioral, and self-report [ecological momentary assessment]) assessment of reward function at pre-treatment a

SUBMITTER: Webb CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9938220 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature