Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In psychology, avolition is a general lack of desire, motivation, and persistence. Commonly seen in Schizophrenia patients, those suffering from avolition will not start or complete any major tasks. This differs from anhedonia, where patients generally find task completion pleasureless. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.