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ArticleClinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology2021

Apathy: Neurobiology, Assessment and Treatment.

Mario Fahed, David C Steffens

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Article in Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Apathy and Depression Impact on Cognitive Decline: Neuropsychological Specificities across Neurodegenerative Diseases.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2026
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  8. From dysphoria to anhedonia: age-related shift in the link between cognitive and affective symptoms.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026
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  12. Investigating the Prevalence and Predictors of Apathy among the Canadian Long-Term Care Residents: A Secondary Data Analysis.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2024
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2 authors.

Mario FahedDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-1091
David C SteffensDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6626-7398

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apathy is a highly prevalent, disabling and treatment resistant syndrome. It is defined as a quantitative reduction of goal-directed activity in comparison to the patient's previous level of in multiple dimensions including behavior/cognition, emotion and social interaction. It has been described in major depressive disorder, Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson's Disease, cerebrovascular disease, and vascular dementia, among others. This review will address the neuropsychology and associated neurobiological underpinnings of apathy in the above conditions, identify specific methods to assess apathy clinically, and review the literature on managing apathy across these various disorders.

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PMID33888648
PMCPMC8077060

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