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Original post: Newswise - Addiction Research Explores Mechanisms of Reward Processing in Patients with Treatment Resistant Major Depression
Worldwide, an estimated 340 million people suffer from an episode of major depression every year. About 20 percent of patients fail to respond to a combination of psychotherapy and medication. Research studies the role of the ventral striatum in processing rewards and its potential for targeting treatment in patients with major depression.