I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
dysthymic — 1. noun A person diagnosed with dysthymia, or dysthymic depression. John is a dysthymic. 2. adjective Of or pertaining to dysthymia. John has always had a dysthymic personality … Wiktionary
dysthymic disorder — n DYSTHYMIA * * * see depression, neurosis * * * [DSM IV] a mood disorder characterized by depressed feeling (sad, blue, low), loss of interest or pleasure in one s usual activities, and by at least some of the following: altered appetite,… … Medical dictionary
Depression: Recent Concepts — Starting in the middle third of the twentieth century, the diagnosis of depression increased many fold. Though some of this increase was owing to the systematic marketing of the diagnosis by pharmaceutical companies, other elements of the… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Depression and Mood Disorders: Recent Concepts — Starting in the middle third of the twentieth century, the diagnosis of depression increased many fold. Though some of this increase was owing to the systematic marketing of the diagnosis by pharmaceutical companies, other elements of the… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
depression — 1. Reduction of the level of functioning. 2. SYN: excavation (1). 3. Displacement of a part downward or inward. 4. A temporary mental state or chronic mental disorder characterized by feelings of sadness, loneliness, despair, low self esteem, and … Medical dictionary
dysthymic — Relating to dysthymia. * * * dys·thy·mic dis thī mik adj of, relating to, or affected with dysthymia <a dysthymic patient> dysthymic n an individual affected with dysthymia * * * dys·thy·mic (dis thiґmik) characterized by symptoms of mild… … Medical dictionary
clinical depression — noun a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention • Syn: ↑depressive disorder, ↑depression • Hypernyms: ↑affective disorder, ↑major affective disorder, ↑emotional disorder, ↑emotional disturbance … Useful english dictionary
unipolar depression — depression that is not accompanied by episodes of mania or hypomania, as in major depressive disorder or dysthymic disorder; the term is sometimes used to denote the former specifically … Medical dictionary
neurotic depression — any depression that is not a psychotic depression (q.v.); used sometimes broadly to indicate any depression without psychotic features and sometimes more narrowly to denote only milder forms of depression, which would be diagnosed as dysthymic… … Medical dictionary
double depression — a major depressive episode superimposed for a time on a chronic dysthymic disorder; after the episode ends the patient returns to the usual dysthymic state … Medical dictionary
