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dysthymia

noun

Etymology

From dys- + -thymia. From Ancient Greek δυσθυμία (dusthumía, “despondency, despair; ill-temper”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul, spirit”).

  1. derived from δυσθυμία — “despondency, despair; ill-temper”

Definitions

  1. A tendency to be depressed, without hope.

  2. A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least…

    A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least two years.

    • In other patients, the dysthymia may co-occur with but not be causally related to the ADHD (Adler and Cohen 2004).[…]Early studies of adults with ADHD found rates of dysthymia as high as 67%–81% (Wender et al. 1985).

The neighborhood

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