dysthymia – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
dysthymia
n.
tendency to suffer from depression, tendency to be despondent (Psychology)
Dysthymia
Dysthymia ( , from
Ancient Greek , "bad state of mind"), sometimes also called
neurotic depression,
dysthymic disorder, or
chronic depression, is a
mood disorder consisting of the same cognitive and physical problems as in
depression, with less severe but longer-lasting symptoms. The concept was coined by
Robert Spitzer as a replacement for the term "depressive personality" in the late 1970s. In 2013, when the American Psychiatric Association released the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders known as DSM-5, the name Dysthymia was changed to Persistent Depressive Disorder.
dysthymia
Noun
1. mild chronic depression; "I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia"
(synonym) dysthymic depression
(hypernym) depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression
Dysthymia
A type of depression involving long- term, chronic symptoms that do not disable you, but keep you from functioning at "full steam" or from feeling good. Dysthymia is a less severe type of depression than what is considered a major depression. However, people with dysthymia may also sometimes experience major depressive episodes.
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