Disorders of diminished motivation

Appropriate levels of motivation are important elements in healthy living. Where physical of mental disorders are present they can result in the disorders of diminished motivation which can themselves exacerbate these problems and cause others. They may therefore be a primary clinical disturbance, a symptom of another disorder, or a coexisting secondary disorder.

The major syndromes of diminished motivation are:
 * Apathy
 * Abulia
 * Akinetic mutism

Causes
Such disorders can occur frequently in individuals with:
 * Clinical depression
 * Traumatic brain injury.