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ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2024

Understanding the paradox: anhedonia and the unexpected divergence from reward seeking during adolescence - A commentary on Gupta et al. (2024).

Amanda E Guyer

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Article in Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Amanda E GuyerDepartment of Human Ecology, Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1817-8766

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Sex and pubertal influences on developmental trajectories of brain networks involved in schizophreniaR01MH125873 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI GUYER, AMANDA E · 2021 to 2025
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NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH125873
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anhedonia is a symptom encompassing reduced or absence of motivation and pleasure that often emerges in adolescence and conveys risk for different mental illnesses and other difficulties. In their review, Gupta, Eckstrand, and Forbes (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2024) present an empirically-based conceptual neurodevelopmental model of anhedonia whereby brain development and pubertal maturation create openness to vulnerability to anhedonia that is influenced by early life adversity and chronic inflammation. This commentary considers anhedonia as a paradox of adolescence given its juxtaposition to the expected developmental milestones of adolescence. It highlights the need to consider anhedonia in terms of both variability and universality of children's experiences and biological development, missed opportunities for social relationships and experiences, and forms and functions of rewards and anhedonia.

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AnhedoniaMental DisordersAdolescentChildHumansMotivationPleasureRewardAdolescenceAdversityAnhedoniaBrain developmentPubertySocial‐emotional

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