Depression Severity Moderates Reward Learning Among Smokers with Current or Past Major Depressive Disorder in a Smoking Cessation Randomized Clinical Trial.
Jacqueline K GollanGabrielle LiverantNancy C JaoKayla A LordAlexis E WhittonLee HogarthErica FoxAnna-Marika BauerMackenzie Hosie QuinnDiego A PizzagalliFrank T LeoneGeorge D PapandonatosRobert A SchnollBrian HitsmanPublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2023)
Smokers who report greater depression severity show a decline in reward learning despite their participation in smoking cessation treatments, suggesting that depressed populations pose unique challenges with standard smoking cessation approaches.