avolition
noun
avo·li·tion
(ˈ)ā-ˌvō-ˈli-shən, -və-
: a lack of interest or engagement in goal-directed behavior
Many people with schizophrenia experience avolition, or apathy, feeling drained of energy and of interest in normal goals and unable to start or follow through on a course of action.—Ronald J. Comer, Abnormal Psychology, 7th edition
avolitional
adjective
In studies at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, we have found that schizophrenia patients with avolitional pathology are a minority and that the presence of that pathology helps define a separate putative disease entity within the schizophrenia syndrome …
—William T. Carpenter, The American Journal of Psychiatry
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