The term dysthymia is applied to a clinical picture characterized by depressive feelings of low intensity and chronic evolution. Psychiatric nosology includes it among the mood disorders or among neurosis and personality disorders. This ambiguity has empirical consequences, since bibliography examining the efficacy of the different treatments is relatively scarce, in particular if we consider the incidence of the dysthymic disorder, that rounds 3% of general population. In this work the history of the nosology of dysthimia, the efficacy of pharmacological approaches and a brief mention about the efficacy of adding psychotherapy are summarized. Current literature indicates that antidepressants, independently of the group they form part of, are better than placebo, that maintenance treatment should be recommended and that psychotherapy could bring an additional benefit.
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J Affect Disord
February 2025
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, 20122 Milan, Italy. Electronic address:
Background: Depression is one of the most widespread diseases worldwide, with the highest rates of disability. Considering its chronic course, over the years several treatment options have been developed and validated, however still with high relapse rates. Therefore, in recent years, the so-called third wave psychotherapies have been developed for the treatment of psychiatric disorders.
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March 2013
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
Background: Dysthimia in adults is a chronic depression disorder which is characterized by a mild depression for at least 2 years. Remarkable psycho-social involvements, greater disturbances in psycho-social functions compared to other forms of depression and lack of definite findings about preferred treatment for this disorder led us to evaluate the effectiveness of Mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) method adjunct to pharmacotherapy compared with pharmachothrapy alone in treating dysthymia in this thesis.
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on a chronic type of depression disorder called dysthymia.
Vertex
September 2013
Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas, CONICET-UBA.
The term dysthymia is applied to a clinical picture characterized by depressive feelings of low intensity and chronic evolution. Psychiatric nosology includes it among the mood disorders or among neurosis and personality disorders. This ambiguity has empirical consequences, since bibliography examining the efficacy of the different treatments is relatively scarce, in particular if we consider the incidence of the dysthymic disorder, that rounds 3% of general population.
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