dysthymia

How To Use dysthymia In A Sentence

• None of the studies included in our review specifically examined minor depressive disorder, mild presentations of a major depressive disorder, or dysthymia.
• I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia
• For others, it may be less severe, but can linger at a low level for years; this is called dysthymia. Times, Sunday Times
• Like major depression, dysthymia can be treated with supportive therapy that provides advice, reassurance, sympathy, and education.
• Bipolar disorder, also called manic depressive illness, is not as common as major depression or dysthymia.
• If you are feeling "down," you are suffering from depression that is usually short-lived and readily treatable (called dysthymia). Depression -- There is a Way Out
• Often people don't distinguish someone who is acutely, or even chronically, clinically depressed, from those who are suffering from dysthymia. Times, Sunday Times
• Teplin and colleagues say they are especially concerned about the high rates of depression and dysthymia in detained youth.
• Elderly persons also may have minor depression or dysthymia, which might be amenable to treatment with medication or behavioral intervention.
• You may be suffering from low-grade depression, formally known as dysthymia, which is milder and tougher to identify than acute depression.