Clinical Trial: Anhedonia Beyond Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents With Conduct Disorder

U.S., Oct. 1 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07849985) titled 'Anhedonia Beyond Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents With Conduct Disorder' on Sept. 24.

Brief Summary: Conduct Disorder (CD) is a common psychiatric disorder among children and adolescents and is characterized by a persistent pattern of behaviors that violate the rights of others or major age-appropriate social norms and rules. Although CD is traditionally classified as an externalizing disorder, evidence suggests that some affected adolescents also show abnormalities in emotional and motivational processing, particularly in reward and punishment responsiveness. Anhedonia, defined as reduced ability to experience pleasur...