Diseases

Anhedonia

Inability to experience pleasure due to impairment or dysfunction of normal psychological and neurobiological mechanisms. It is a symptom of many PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (e.g., DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; and SCHIZOPHRENIA).

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Abstract

Inability to experience pleasure due to impairment or dysfunction of normal psychological and neurobiological mechanisms. It is a symptom of many PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (e.g., DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; and SCHIZOPHRENIA).

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Anhedonias
  • Physical Anhedonia
  • Social Anhedonia
  • Anhedonia, Physical
  • Anhedonia, Social
  • Anhedonias, Physical
  • Anhedonias, Social
  • Physical Anhedonias
  • Social Anhedonias

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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History Note

2012

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Tree Numbers

  1. C10w.597.606.057w
  2. C23.888w.592.604.039w
  3. F01.700.039w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Anhedonia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059445. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059445
  2. Anhedonia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhedonia
  3. Anhedonia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545365