Dysthymic Disorder WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Dysthymic Disorder
Dysthymic disorder is a lack of interest in normally enjoyed activities, or a constant feeling of illness.1 In general, people with dysthmia are quite gloomy most of the time, and have very little joy in their lives.2 Dysthymia is a mild, but chronic type of depression.3
Fast Facts:
- Dysthmia affects women two to three times more often than men.4
- To be diagnosed with dysthymia, a person must have symptoms for at least two years.5
- Also known as dysthymia, chronic depression, and minor depression.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Mental Health Matters: What Is Dysthymic Disorder?
- ↑ All About Depression: Dysthymic Disorder (Diagnostic Criteria)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mayo Clinic: Dysthymia
- ↑ Wikipedia: Dysthymia
- ↑ PsychCentral: Dysthymic Disorder
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- Contributor: Tara Salamone
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Tara Salamone
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Disthymic Disorder, Disthymic Problem, Disthmythic disorder, Dysthmyia disorder, Chronic Depression, Minor Depression
- Last update: Jan. 9, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
