Anticipatory pleasure for future experiences in schizophrenia spectrum disorders and major depression: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Hallford, David John; Sharma, Manoj Kumar

doi:10.1111/bjc.12218

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“…Future studies may test whether it helps reduce worry and through which pathways. The effects on anticipated and anticipatory pleasures are noteworthy as these are diagnostic and phenomenological hallmarks of depression and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (Hallford & Sharma, 2019). In particular, this program could be tested in a depressed sample, where therapeutic options for lack of pleasure/anhedonia are strongly needed (Calabrese et al, 2014), as it predicts a less favourable course of depression and poorer response to treatment (Dunn & Roberts, 2016).…”

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Changing the future: An initial test of Future Specificity Training (FeST)

Hallford

Yeow

Fountas

et al. 2020

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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A range of psychiatric disorders are characterised by impairments in episodic future thinking (EFT), and particularly simulating specific, spatiotemporally-located future events. No study has examined whether training can lead to sustained improvement in specific EFT. In this study, participants (N = 60; M age = 31, SD = 13.2) were randomized to a two-session, group-based future thinking program (Future Specificity Training; FeST) or wait-list. At follow-up the training group, relative to wait-list, showed large, statistically-significant improvements in the ability to mentally simulate specific EFT (d = .82), increases in detail (d = 1.32), use of mental imagery (d = 1.32), anticipated (d = 1.78) and anticipatory pleasure (d = 1.07), perceived control (d = 1.20), and likelihood of occurrence (d = 1.09). Some effects were also observed on positive, generalised future selfstates. In the context of inherent limitations of subjective reporting in trials, this study provides evidence that EFT specificity can be enhanced, and the effects of FeST indicate a possible avenue to disrupt psychopathological processes.

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Changing the future: An initial test of Future Specificity Training (FeST)

Hallford

Yeow

Fountas

et al. 2020

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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“…Our patients with SCZ were in the chronic phase and had negative symptoms. Considering that the negative symptoms of SCZ are similar to those of depression [51][52][53][54][55][56], the generalization hypothesizes the existence of neurobiological dimensions underlying the common symptoms between SCZ and MDD. We need further analyses to quantitatively examine the neurobiological relationship between SCZ and MDD by gathering more precise information on SCZ (symptoms and medication history).…”

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Generalizable brain network markers of major depressive disorder across multiple imaging sites

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Many studies have highlighted the difficulty inherent to the clinical application of fundamental neuroscience knowledge based on machine learning techniques. It is difficult to generalize machine learning brain markers to the data acquired from independent imaging sites, mainly due to large site differences in functional magnetic resonance imaging. We address the difficulty of finding a generalizable marker of major depressive disorder (MDD) that would distinguish patients from healthy controls based on resting-state functional connectivity patterns. For the discovery dataset with 713 participants from 4 imaging sites, we removed site differences using our recently developed harmonization method and developed a machine learning MDD classifier. The classifier achieved an approximately 70% generalization accuracy for an independent validation dataset with 521 participants from 5 different imaging sites. The successful generalization to a perfectly independent dataset acquired from multiple imaging sites is novel and ensures scientific reproducibility and clinical applicability.

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“…It is noteworthy that trait anticipatory pleasure and episodic thinking variables did not correlate with depressive symptoms in either study, with the exception of pleasure from past events in Study 2. This may be an artefact of low variance in depressive symptoms in this community sample though, as previous meta-analytic research indicates a diagnosis of clinical depression is associated with large deficits in trait anticipatory pleasure (Hallford & Sharma, 2019) and specificity and detail in episodic thinking (Hallford et al, 2018).…”

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“…These findings build on previous research of the psychological effects of simulating positively-valenced future events (Boland et al, 2018, Holmes et al, 2008Quoidbach et al, 2009), by isolating the specific prospect-based emotion of anticipated and anticipatory pleasure. Deficits are found in anticipatory pleasure in both depression and schizophreniaspectrum disorders (Hallford & Sharma, 2019;Kring & Elis, 2013). Significantly then, higher anticipatory pleasure has been found to be related to more engagement in rewarding behaviours and increased psychosocial functioning in this clinical groups (Engel, Fritzsche, & Lincoln, 2013;Foussias & Remington, 2008;Foussias et al, 2011;Sherdell, Waugh, & Gotlib, 2012).…”

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“…Given this, it was thought that increasing detail/vividness and mental imagery for positive future events should increase their plausibility (Szpunar & Schacter, 2013) and give rise to stronger anticipatory pleasure, and behavioural intention. Knowledge of whether anticipated and anticipatory pleasure can be manipulated has particular relevance in specifying interventions for those with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and clinical depression, given they have impairments in episodic detail and specificity (Hallford, Austin, Takano, & Raes, 2018) that appear to be related to anhedonia, and specifically to the ability to anticipate pleasure (Hallford et al, 2020;Hallford & Sharma, 2019;Wu et al, 2017).…”

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Increasing Anticipated and Anticipatory Pleasure through Episodic Thinking

Hallford¹,

Farrell²,

Lynch³

2019

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Episodic future thinking for positive future events is known to evoke positive affect. We aimed to assess whether it specifically evokes anticipated and anticipatory pleasure for future events, and behavioural intention. As a secondary aim, we examined if this differed compared to a condition of thinking of positive past events. In two studies, participants nominated five upcoming positive events, and five positive past events. They then completed guided episodic thinking of past events and guided episodic thinking of future events. After guided episodic thinking they rated the nominated future events on detail/vividness, mental imagery, anticipated and anticipatory pleasure, and behavioural intention. In Study 1 (N=32, M age=37.0, SD=19.7), increases on all variables were found relative to baseline, although expected pleasure was at trend level. There were no significant differences between future and past conditions. In Study 2 (N=29, M age=38.4, SD=16.3), participants were asked to nominate future events that were not already planned, and perceived control was also assessed. Again, increases in detail/vividness, mental imagery, and anticipated and anticipatory pleasure were found, this time with stronger effects for the future condition. No change was found for perceived control or intention. In both studies, increases in detail/vividness, mental imagery, and anticipated and anticipatory pleasure were generally positively correlated with increases in behavioural intention. This study provides evidence that guided episodic thinking increases anticipated and anticipatory pleasure for positive future events. Clinical implications, particularly in depression and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, are discussed.

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Anticipatory pleasure for future experiences in schizophrenia spectrum disorders and major depression: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Cited by 53 publications

References 107 publications

Changing the future: An initial test of Future Specificity Training (FeST)

Changing the future: An initial test of Future Specificity Training (FeST)

Generalizable brain network markers of major depressive disorder across multiple imaging sites

Increasing Anticipated and Anticipatory Pleasure through Episodic Thinking

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