DEAR DOCTOR K: My doctor says I suffer from “dysthymia.” A friend says this is just a nice word for depression. What is dysthymia? DEAR READER: Dysthymia is a type of depression. Periods of dysthymia ...
Persistent depressive disorder, known as dysthymia or low-grade depression, is less severe than major depression but more chronic. It occurs twice as often in women as in men. Persistent depressive ...
Most of us have felt sad or low at some point in our adult lives but have learned coping strategies that have kept us from becoming overwhelmed by these feelings. Some of us, however, have reached an ...