Abstract

Anhedonia – the reduced ability to experience or respond to pleasure – is an important symptom domain for many psychiatric disorders. It is particularly relevant to depression and other mood disorders and it is a diagnostic criterion of a major depressive episode. Developing safe and effective pharmacological interventions for anhedonia is a critical public health need. The current chapter will review the state of the field with respect to both the efficacy of currently available pharma-cotherapies for anhedonia and the recent clinical research focusing on new brain targets, including the kappa-opioid receptor and the KCNQ2/3 receptors. The evidence for anti-anhedonic effects of ketamine and psychedelic agents will be reviewed, as well.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCurrent Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages467-490
Number of pages24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameCurrent Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
Volume58
ISSN (Print)1866-3370
ISSN (Electronic)1866-3389

Keywords

  • Anhedonia
  • Antidepressant
  • Depression
  • KCNQ
  • Ketamine
  • Opioid
  • Psychedelic
  • Reward

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