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Projecting Oneself into the Future, an Intervention for Improving Pleasure in Patients with Anhedonia

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In clinical practice, anhedonia and apathy are challenging symptoms of schizophrenia. Anhedonia in schizophrenia appears to be associated with impairment in anticipatory pleasure. However, the problem is complicated since comorbid depression occurs in 50 % of patients and the symptoms of the different disorders may overlap. This chapter presents an intervention to train anticipatory pleasure in patients with schizophrenia. This intervention has been evaluated in an exploratory pilot study. Results show that the patients improved on the anticipatory scale of the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale. Patients also increased their daily activities. The program is still being improved and should be tested in a controlled study.

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TEPS:

Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale

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This work has been supported by a donation from Dr. Alexander Engelhorn.

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  1. School of Nursing Sciences, la Source, University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Jérôme Favrod & Shyhrete Rexhaj

  2. Community Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Jérôme Favrod & Shyhrete Rexhaj

  3. University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Alexandra Nguyen

  4. Clinique Belmont, Geneva, Switzerland

    Charly Cungi

  5. Ifforthecc (Institut Francophone de Formation et de Recherche en Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive), Rumilly, France

    Charly Cungi

  6. Community Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Charles Bonsack

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Favrod, J., Rexhaj, S., Nguyen, A., Cungi, C., Bonsack, C. (2014). Projecting Oneself into the Future, an Intervention for Improving Pleasure in Patients with Anhedonia. In: Ritsner, M. (eds) Anhedonia: A Comprehensive Handbook Volume I. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8591-4_6

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