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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2024

Development of a multivariate prediction model for antidepressant resistant depression using reward-related predictors.

Xiao Liu, Stephen J Read

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. On the relationships between apathy, depression and anhedonia.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2026
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiao LiuDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Stephen J ReadDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
University of Southern California · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Individuals with depression who do not respond to two or more courses of serotonergic antidepressants tend to have greater deficits in reward processing and greater internalizing symptoms, yet there is no validated self-report method to determine the likelihood of treatment resistance based on these symptom dimensions. Methods: This online case-control study leverages machine learning techniques to identify differences in self-reported anhedonia and internalizing symptom profiles of antidepressant non-responders compared to responders and healthy controls, as an initial proof-of-concept for relating these indicators to medication responsiveness. Random forest classifiers were used to identify a subset from a set of 24 reward predictors that distinguished among serotonergic medication resistant, non-resistant, and non-depressed individuals recruited online ( Results: Accuracies for full predictor models ranged from .54 to .71, while feature selected models retained 3-5 predictors and generated accuracies of .42 to .70. Several models performed significantly above chance. Sensitivity for non-responders was greatest after feature selection when compared to only responders, reaching .82 with 3 predictors. The predictors retained from feature selection were then explored using factor analysis at the item level and cluster analysis of the full data to determine empirically driven data structures. Discussion: Non-responders displayed 3 distinct symptom profiles along internalizing dimensions of anxiety, anhedonia, motivation, and cognitive function. Results should be replicated in a prospective cohort sample for predictive validity; however, this study demonstrates validity for using a limited anhedonia and internalizing self-report instrument for distinguishing between antidepressant resistant and responsive depression profiles.

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anhedoniaantidepressantsdepressioninternalizingmachine learningrewardSSRItreatment-resistant

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