Dysthymia is a depressive mood disorder characterized by chronic and persistent but mild depression. It is often difficult to be distinguished from major depression, specifically in its partially remitted state because "loss of interest" or "apathy" tends to prevail both in dysthymia, and remitted depression. Apathy may also occur in various psychiatric and neurological disorders, including sch...

Orexins are neuropeptides selectively expressed in a small number of neurons in the lateral-posterior hypothalamus. We measured orexin-A in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 66 patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), dysthymia and adjustment disorder after a suicide attempt. Blood samples confirmed that the patients were free from antidepressive and neuroleptic medication at the time of t...

The classification of depression has been debated for decades. The introduction of operational criteria and the category of major depression were significant advances in the 1970s. However, the validity of the major depression category is controversial. The article highlights the limitations of using severity criteria and cross-sectional evaluation to diagnose depression. It recommends the clas...

Based on data from a three-year longitudinal study, we assess the effect, according to gender, of emotional psychopathology in preadolescence on anthropometric and body composition parameters in adolescence (N = 229). Psychopathology was assessed using the Screen for Childhood Anxiety and Related Emotional Disorders, the Children's Depression Inventory and the MINI-International Neuropsychiatri...

OBJECTIVE The Geriatric Depression Scale for screening depressive symptoms in the elderly has not been assessed in elderly outpatients who seek primary health care in Brazil. The objective was to determine the validity of the Short Scale for Major Depressive Episode or Dysthymia (GDS-15) in elderly outpatients. METHODS The scale was applied in 302 subjects with 65 years and older and then exa...

Clinical observation on treatment of dysthymia with combined use of Xiaochaihu Decoction and doxepin ZHANG Xue-Zhen, LI Zhen-Jiang ( 1 . Department of Psychology , Baoding Second Hospital , Hebei Province 071051 , China; 2 . Department of Internal Medicine , Baoding First Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Hebei Province 071000 , China )

A 37-year-old woman with a personality disorder and chronic dysthymia developed a dependence on MAOIs. She ingested 440 mg tranylcypromine daily without any side-effects while taking no dietary precautions. The features of MAOI dependence and their resemblance to amphetamine dependence are discussed.

July 01, 2006 | Bipolar Disorder [1], Personality Disorders [2], Schizoaffective [3], Schizophrenia [4], Borderline Personality [5], Antisocial Personality Disorder [6], Mood Disorders [7], Bipolar II Disorder [8], Mania [9], Forensic Psychiatry [10], Neuropsychiatry [11], Addiction [12], Alcohol Abuse [13], Dysthymia [14] By Silvio Bellino, MD [15], Erika Paradiso, MD [16], and Filippo Bogetto...