"Helplessness, Learned" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Learned expectation that one's responses are independent of reward and, hence, do not predict or control the occurrence of rewards. Learned helplessness derives from a history, experimentally induced or naturally occurring, of having received punishment/aversive stimulation regardless of responses made. Such circumstances result in an impaired ability to learn. Used for human or animal populations. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
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D006380
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.393.398 F02.463.425.420
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Helplessness, Learned" by people in Profiles.
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Yan HC, Cao X, Das M, Zhu XH, Gao TM. Behavioral animal models of depression. Neurosci Bull. 2010 Aug; 26(4):327-37.
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Caldarone BJ, Harrist A, Cleary MA, Beech RD, King SL, Picciotto MR. High-affinity nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are required for antidepressant effects of amitriptyline on behavior and hippocampal cell proliferation. Biol Psychiatry. 2004 Nov 01; 56(9):657-64.
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Flannery RB. Treating learned helplessness in the elderly dementia patient: preliminary inquiry. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2002 Nov-Dec; 17(6):345-9.