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 ...

What’s it called when you feel sad or hopeless for weeks, months, or even years? If you’re thinking depression, yes, that’s true. But it could also be persistent depressive disorder (PDD), also known ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently was diagnosed with dysthymia. I have had a basically unhappy life, with three marriages and three divorces. I often have felt that suicide is right at hand, yet I manage to ...

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), depressive mood can be seen in a number of psychiatric and medical disorders. [1] Some physiologic ...

I seem to get depressed about things more than my friends do. What can I do about it? A patient recently asked me this question. At some point, everyone gets depressed — for instance, when a ...

The term “depression” often refers to major depressive disorder. But it can also serve as an umbrella term that encompasses several types of depression. Depression doesn’t follow the same pattern for ...

With fewer symptoms and less severe presentation, persistent depressive disorder (PDD) differs from clinical depression. If ...