Dr. Ross Walker talks to psychiatrist and commentator Dr. Tanveer Ahmed about a paradigm shift in psychiatric treatment: targeting anhedonia, the total inability to feel pleasure. While conventional mental health treatments focus heavily on reducing distress, sadness, and anxiety, a groundbreaking study from SMU and UCLA reveals that a new 15-session psychotherapy called Positive Affect Treatment (PAT) is significantly more effective at lifting both depression and anxiety.

<p>Dr. Ross Walker talks to psychiatrist and commentator Dr. Tanveer Ahmed about a paradigm shift in psychiatric treatment: targeting anhedonia, the total inability to feel pleasure. While conventional mental health treatments focus heavily on reducing distress, sadness, and anxiety, a groundbreaking study from SMU and UCLA reveals that a new 15-session psychotherapy called Positive Affect Treatment (PAT) is significantly more effective at lifting both depression and anxiety.</p>

Healthy Living provides an in-depth look at the pressing health issues that matter most to Australians.

<p>Healthy Living provides an in-depth look at the pressing health issues that matter most to Australians.</p>