VULNERABILITY TO DEPRESSION - A MODEL CENTERED ON ANHEDONIA

The aim of the present study is to present a model of depressive vulne rability centered on anhedonia. After a review of the literature, we s uggest a specific symptomatic profile associating anhedonia, introvers ion, low sensation-seeking, autonomy, dysfunctional attitudes, high di spleasure capacity, obsessive-compulsive features, passitivity and pes simism. This symptomatic profile could constitute a mild chronic mood disorder which, following stress, might decompensate into unipolar end ogenomorphic depression. Several methods of research are suggested to test the validity of our model.