Behavioral activation (BA) is a well-established method of evidence-based treatment for
depression. There are clear links between the neural mechanisms underlying reward …

Aesthetic chills are an embodied peak emotional experience induced by stimuli such as
music, films, and speeches and characterized by dopaminergic release. The emotional …

Animal models of depression show that acute stress negatively impacts functioning in neural
regions sensitive to reward and punishment, often manifesting as anhedonic behaviors …

Reward insensitivity is a potential key mechanism regarding the maintenance of depression.
However, there is a lack of research examining and comparing the effectiveness of different …

BackgroundAdolescent internalizing symptoms and trauma exposure have been linked with
altered reward learning processes and decreased ventral striatal responses to rewarding …

Objective: Behavioral activation (BA) is a brief intervention for depression encouraging
gradual and systematic re-engagement with rewarding activities and behaviors. Given this …

Abstract Purpose of the Review This review describes approaches to research on anxiety
that attempt to link neural correlates to treatment response and novel therapies. The review …

Abstract Augmented Depression Therapy (ADepT) is an individual psychotherapy for
depression, which has been shown to be effective in the general adult population. A …

Psychosocial treatments targeting the positive valence system (PVS) in depression and
anxiety demonstrate efficacy in enhancing positive affect (PA), but response to treatment …

Background Anhedonia, deficits in motivation and pleasure, is a transdiagnostic symptom of
psychopathology and negative prognostic marker. Methods In this randomized, parallel-arm …