Dysthymia
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- While major depression often occurs in episodes, dysthymia is more constant, lasting for long periods, sometimes starting in childhood.
- Dysthymia is a milder yet more enduring type of depression that affects women two to three times more often than men.
- Markowitz says its a challenge to get the patient to realize that the dysthymia is a mood disorder and is not part of their personality.
- Dysthymia is a serious disorder.
- The tolerability of treatments may be even more important, since dysthymia is a chronic condition characterised by less severe symptoms than major depression.
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