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Illuminating a Joyless Life: A Qualitative, Transdiagnostic Exploration of Anhedonia

2026-02-20

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<p>Background: Anhedonia (loss of pleasure) is a core feature of both depression and psychosis and yet the experience is not well understood. This limits our ability to effectively target it with psychological or pharmacological interventions. <h4>Aim:</h4> The aim of this study was to explore the experience of anhedonia, for the first time, from a transdiagnostic perspective. <h4>Method:</h4> Semi-structured inte...

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Literature Corpus work: d688f95c-a88e-5394-a4f0-ec4aae03fbad
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/eym6h_v1

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