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sakshi.rajesh@psych.ox.ac.uk


ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9773-8180


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Sakshi Rajesh

BA

DPhil (PhD) student

Anhedonia, Depression, and Social Anxiety

I am a DPhil student in Psychiatry, supervised by Eleanor Leigh, Omid V Ebrahimi, and Cathy Creswell. I am affiliated with the TOPIC, CAMY, and EDGE research groups.

My research focuses on improving our understanding of anhedonia (i.e., the reduced ability to experience pleasure) in young people. Particularly, I am working towards understanding: (a) how dimensions of anhedonia relate to depression and social anxiety over time, and (b) specific thinking patterns that may contribute to the development of anhedonia. To study this, I am using systematic review, qualitative, network, and longitudinal methods.

Prior to this, I graduated with a BA in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford. During this time, I worked with Eleanor Leigh and Cathy Creswell on an experimental study investigating the role of self-focused attention in social anxiety in pre-adolescents.