ReviewBehavior modification2020
Reward Network Modulation as a Mechanism of Change in Behavioral Activation.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
- Great Expectations: A Critical Review of and Suggestions for the Study of Reward Processing as a Cause and Predictor of Depression.Biological psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
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- Dampening of positive affect as an emotional contrast avoidance strategy: An experimental test of the contrast avoidance model.Behaviour research and therapy · 2026Trial
- Selective KOR antagonist alters functional patch sizes in individualized brain system: results from the Fast-fail Trial in Mood and Anxiety Spectrum Disorders (FAST-MAS).Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025Trial
- A parallel-arm, randomized trial of Behavioral Activation Therapy for anhedonia versus mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for adults with anhedonia.Behaviour research and therapy · 2024Trial
- Savoring changes novel positive mindset targets of GAD treatment: Optimism, prioritizing positivity, kill-joy thinking, and worry mediation.Behaviour research and therapy · 2024Trial
- Depression Severity Moderates Reward Learning Among Smokers With Current or Past Major Depressive Disorder in a Smoking Cessation Randomized Clinical Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Trial
- Hormone sensitivity predicts the beneficial effects of transdermal estradiol on reward-seeking behaviors in perimenopausal women: A randomized controlled trial.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2023Trial
- Parsing within & between-person dynamics of therapy homework completion and clinical symptoms in two cognitive behavioral treatments for adults with anhedonia.Behaviour research and therapy · 2023Trial
- A pilot study investigating the efficacy of brief, phone-based, behavioral interventions for burnout in graduate students.Journal of clinical psychology · 2021Trial
- Multilevel growth curve analyses of behavioral activation for anhedonia (BATA) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy effects on anhedonia and resting-state functional connectivity: Interim results of a randomized trialJournal of affective disorders · 2021Trial
- Changes in neural reward processing following Amplification of Positivity treatment for depression and anxiety: Preliminary findings from a randomized waitlist controlled trial.Behaviour research and therapy · 2021Trial
- Low Emotional Awareness and Altered Frontostriatal Functional Connectivity During Reward Processing Prospectively Predict Depressive Symptoms in At-Risk Youth.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Mood dynamics in adolescents and young adults with and without a history of suicidal thoughts and actions: a network approach.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Social closeness and reward sensitivity enhance corticostriatal function during experiences of shared rewards.Biological psychology · 2026Article
- Late-Onset Depression in an Aging World: A Multidimensional Perspective on Risks, Mechanisms, and Treatment.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Effectiveness of a Group Behavioral Activation Intervention for Subthreshold Depression in Chinese University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Article
- Effectiveness, Engagement, and Safety of a Digital Therapeutic (CT-155/BI 3972080) for Treating Negative Symptoms in People With Schizophrenia: Protocol for the Phase 3 CONVOKE Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Development of Powerly, unguided mobile app intervention preventing postpartum depression and anxiety & study protocol of randomized clinical trial.Internet interventions · 2025Article
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Abstract
Behavioral Activation (BA) is a contemporary third-wave psychosocial treatment approach that emphasizes helping individuals become more active in ways that are meaningful to them as a means of improving mood and quality of life. BA has been designated as a well-established, validated treatment for depression by the American Psychological Association following several decades of accumulated empirical support demonstrating that BA techniques successfully reduce depression symptoms and produce other desirable outcomes across a variety of populations and contexts. The purported mechanism of change underlying BA treatment lies in increasing activation, which in turn increases contact with positive reinforcement thereby reversing the cycle of depression. Current studies are further investigating how increasing activation and subsequent contact with mood reinforcers can influence mood and behavior. Specifically, there is growing evidence that BA modifies function of reward-related networks in the brain, and that these changes are associated with clinical improvement. Herein, we provide a brief history of BA, describe the primary components of BA treatment, and describe BA's purported mechanisms of change at behavioral, neural, and subjective activation levels. We present limitations as well as gaps in the current state of knowledge regarding mechanisms of action of BA.
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