anedonia

English translation: anhedonia

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Portuguese term or phrase:anedonia
English translation:anhedonia
Entered by: Sonia Gomes

08:23 Aug 5, 2003
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Medical
Portuguese term or phrase: anedonia
The text is as follows:
Inicio dos sintomas-------com insonia, anedonia.

Thank you

Sonia
Sonia Gomes
Local time: 19:38
anhedonia
Explanation:
anhedonia

It means lack of interest or pleasure. Apathy is a more common expression whose meaning is close.

"apathy
1. Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.
2. Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness."

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language


"anhedonia
Pronunciation: `anhee'downeeu
WordNet Dictionary
Definition: [n] an inability to experience pleasure
See Also: mental state, psychological state "



"Despite the fact that anhedonia is common in many patients with schizophrenia or depression, it not well understood by many in the psychiatric field. By definition, anhedonia is a failure or an inability to experience pleasure. “It may be an aspect of personality structure and it may be a specific state or symptom; it may be pervasive or it may be confined to a certain aspect of experience such as pleasure in social relationships or pleasure in food” (Snaith, 1993, p. 957). Anhedonia is a common negative symptom in the deficit syndrome of schizophrenia. Common defining characteristics of anhedonia in schizophrenia include: flattening of affect, poor eye contact, loss of interest or pleasure in all or almost all activities, or a lack of reactivity to normally pleasurable stimuli and marked psychomotor retardation or agitation (Lemke, Puhl, Koethe & Winkler, 1998)."

http://juns.nursing.arizona.edu/articles/Fall 2002/luna_anhe...





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\"Finally, our third line of research focuses on the neurobiology of \"diminished interest or pleasure\" in rewarding stimuli, a phenomenon also referred to as anhedonia, that is, the absence of pleasure. Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression, one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and one of the symptoms of withdrawal from drugs of abuse of various pharmacologic classes (e.g., cocaine, amphetamine, alcohol, morphine, and nicotine). \"

http://www.scripps.edu/research/sr99/npgen16.html


\"Reporting in the March issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the researchers say that preschoolers can become clinically depressed, and a key symptom for identifying that depression is what psychiatrists call anhedonia — the inability to experience pleasure from activities and play. \"

http://mednews.wustl.edu/medadmin/PAnews.nsf/0/C85168AB2A66C...


\"Anhedonia refers to an inability to experience pleasure and it is a central feature of depression and schizophrenia.\"

ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~akring/projects.htm

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\"Anhedonia (lack of interest/pleasure in activities that were previously interesting/pleasurable\"

www.jhu.edu/~hr1/fasap/SPSBE/intakeoutline.htm


\"Anhedonia: inability to feel pleasure; lack of interest or enjoyment in activities or relationships\"

psych.umb.edu/faculty/murdock/psy215/10-30-02.ppt


\"His sleep pattern (early morning awakening) and lack of interest in previously enjoyable pastimes (anhedonia) suggest major depression.\"

eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/ bioethics/topics/pasd1.html


\"Anhedonia: lack of interest.\"

www.fammed.ouhsc.edu/painfo/ Human%20Behavior%20Clinical%20Assessment.ppt


\"anhedonia or a lack of interest in normally pleasurable activities\"

edu/alumnae/pop-based/default.htm


\"Lack of interest in the usual pleasurable pursuits (anhedonia). \"

www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Health_Science/punch5.htm -

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A final note:

You may be interested in the distinction between anhedonia and apathy, which are similar but not the same (thus you should use the term \"anhedonia\" in your translation):

\"Apathy. The patient does not feel motivated to pursue goals and activities. The patient may feel lethargic or sleepy, and have trouble following through on even simple plans. Patients with apathy often have little sense of purpose in their lives and have few interests.

Anhedonia. The patient experiences little or no pleasure from activities that he or she used to enjoy or that others enjoy. For example, the person may not enjoy watching a sunset, going to the movies, or a close relationship with another person.\"

http://www.npi.ucla.edu/ssg/schizophrenia.htm


Selected response from:

Sarah Ponting
Italy
Local time: 15:08
Grading comment
Sarah, Thank you very much, the little bit at the end was very helpful.
Thanks
Sonia
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7anhedonia
Sarah Ponting
4 +1Lack of pleasure
Neil Bailey


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Lack of pleasure


Explanation:
According to Porto Editora;

MEDICINA: Lack of Pleasure.

I'm sure there must be a more scientific way of putting it in English, but at least it points you on the right track...

Neil Bailey
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sarah Ponting: the term is anhedonia, but I agree with your definition :-)
13 mins
  -> obrigado:-) I couldn't think of the word

agree  rhandler
4 hrs
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
anhedonia


Explanation:
anhedonia

It means lack of interest or pleasure. Apathy is a more common expression whose meaning is close.

"apathy
1. Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.
2. Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness."

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language


"anhedonia
Pronunciation: `anhee'downeeu
WordNet Dictionary
Definition: [n] an inability to experience pleasure
See Also: mental state, psychological state "



"Despite the fact that anhedonia is common in many patients with schizophrenia or depression, it not well understood by many in the psychiatric field. By definition, anhedonia is a failure or an inability to experience pleasure. “It may be an aspect of personality structure and it may be a specific state or symptom; it may be pervasive or it may be confined to a certain aspect of experience such as pleasure in social relationships or pleasure in food” (Snaith, 1993, p. 957). Anhedonia is a common negative symptom in the deficit syndrome of schizophrenia. Common defining characteristics of anhedonia in schizophrenia include: flattening of affect, poor eye contact, loss of interest or pleasure in all or almost all activities, or a lack of reactivity to normally pleasurable stimuli and marked psychomotor retardation or agitation (Lemke, Puhl, Koethe & Winkler, 1998)."

http://juns.nursing.arizona.edu/articles/Fall 2002/luna_anhe...





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Note added at 2003-08-05 08:48:04 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

\"Finally, our third line of research focuses on the neurobiology of \"diminished interest or pleasure\" in rewarding stimuli, a phenomenon also referred to as anhedonia, that is, the absence of pleasure. Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression, one of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and one of the symptoms of withdrawal from drugs of abuse of various pharmacologic classes (e.g., cocaine, amphetamine, alcohol, morphine, and nicotine). \"

http://www.scripps.edu/research/sr99/npgen16.html


\"Reporting in the March issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the researchers say that preschoolers can become clinically depressed, and a key symptom for identifying that depression is what psychiatrists call anhedonia — the inability to experience pleasure from activities and play. \"

http://mednews.wustl.edu/medadmin/PAnews.nsf/0/C85168AB2A66C...


\"Anhedonia refers to an inability to experience pleasure and it is a central feature of depression and schizophrenia.\"

ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~akring/projects.htm

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2003-08-05 08:51:32 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

\"Anhedonia (lack of interest/pleasure in activities that were previously interesting/pleasurable\"

www.jhu.edu/~hr1/fasap/SPSBE/intakeoutline.htm


\"Anhedonia: inability to feel pleasure; lack of interest or enjoyment in activities or relationships\"

psych.umb.edu/faculty/murdock/psy215/10-30-02.ppt


\"His sleep pattern (early morning awakening) and lack of interest in previously enjoyable pastimes (anhedonia) suggest major depression.\"

eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/ bioethics/topics/pasd1.html


\"Anhedonia: lack of interest.\"

www.fammed.ouhsc.edu/painfo/ Human%20Behavior%20Clinical%20Assessment.ppt


\"anhedonia or a lack of interest in normally pleasurable activities\"

edu/alumnae/pop-based/default.htm


\"Lack of interest in the usual pleasurable pursuits (anhedonia). \"

www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Health_Science/punch5.htm -

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Note added at 2003-08-05 08:55:14 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

A final note:

You may be interested in the distinction between anhedonia and apathy, which are similar but not the same (thus you should use the term \"anhedonia\" in your translation):

\"Apathy. The patient does not feel motivated to pursue goals and activities. The patient may feel lethargic or sleepy, and have trouble following through on even simple plans. Patients with apathy often have little sense of purpose in their lives and have few interests.

Anhedonia. The patient experiences little or no pleasure from activities that he or she used to enjoy or that others enjoy. For example, the person may not enjoy watching a sunset, going to the movies, or a close relationship with another person.\"

http://www.npi.ucla.edu/ssg/schizophrenia.htm




Sarah Ponting
Italy
Local time: 15:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Sarah, Thank you very much, the little bit at the end was very helpful.
Thanks
Sonia

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Neil Bailey: Sarah is correct
34 mins
  -> thanks :-)

agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro
1 hr
  -> thanks, Paula :-)

agree  rhandler
4 hrs
  -> thanks :-)

agree  Ana Rita Santiago
6 hrs
  -> thanks, Anarita :-)

agree  Diogo Santos
13 hrs
  -> thanks :-)

agree  António Ribeiro
15 hrs
  -> thanks :-)

agree  Luciana Ribeiro
2 days 7 hrs
  -> thanks :-)
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