Reward Processes as Risk Factors and Treatment Targets for Depression and Anxiety

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Michelle G. Craske, PhD, AO
Distinguished Professor
UCLA Department of Psychology and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Kevin Love Fund Centennial Chair
Director, Anxiety and Depression Research Center
Co-Director, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge

Threat and reward sensitivity are fundamental processes that become dysregulated in the context of vulnerability to, or expression of, anxiety and depression. Treatments have traditionally targeted reductions in threat sensitivity…