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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Depression: The Role of Anhedonia

2026-06-18

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<p>Background. Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression associated with a poor disease course, high symptom burden, and non-response to standard therapies. As first-line treatments exhibit limited effects on anhedonia, alternative interventions with robust antianhedonic properties are urgently needed. Clinical observations and preliminary studies suggest that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) might alleviate anhedo...

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Literature Corpus work: 6233be7e-4648-5c19-b72b-410c3cb36e4c
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/n6skr_v2

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