New Tool Offers Comprehensive Assessment of Anhedonia in Teens

A new tool accurately assesses three types of anhedonia in adolescents, new research shows. The novel Multidimensional Adolescent Anhedonia Scale (MAAS) assesses anticipatory, consummatory, and recall anhedonia, which will help improve diagnoses in research and clinical settings, the investigators say. Anhedonia, the loss of interest and pleasure in activities, is often the first sign of […]

Doctor Sues Med School for Discrimination

A physician who was removed from her faculty position at Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine (KPSOM) shortly after leading a classroom discussion about racism in medicine last summer has now sued the school for discrimination. Dr Aysha Khoury Aysha Khoury, MD, MPH, a Black female physician, was suspended from teaching at the medical school on […]