418 adolescents aged 13 — 21 years, presenting at clinic with either of two criteria: endorsed «stem items» for major depression or
dysthymia from 12 month Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI - 12), one week or more of depressive symptoms in the past month, and a total Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES - D) score of ⩾ 16; or a CES - D score of ⩾ 24.
Enrollment eligibility was based on youth meeting either of 2 criteria: (1) endorsed «stem items» for major depression or
dysthymia from the 12 - month Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI - 12 [Core Version 2.1]-RRB- 38 modified slightly to conform to diagnostic criteria for adolescents, 39 1 week or more of past - month depressive symptoms, and a total Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale (CES - D) 40 score of 16 or greater (range of possible scores, 0 - 60); or (2) a CES - D score of 24 or greater.
Not exact matches
Women are roughly 2 times more likely to suffer
from depressive disorders including major depression and
dysthymia.
My therapist thinks I now suffer
from dysthymia, I think it's atypical depression, but it's -LSB-...]
Youth baseline and follow - up interviews assessed mental health — related quality of life using the Mental Health Summary Score (MCS - 12)(range of possible scores, 0 - 100), 48,49 overall mental health using the Mental Health Inventory 5 (MHI - 5)(range of possible scores, 5 - 30), 50 service use during the previous 6 months using the Service Assessment for Children and Adolescents51 adapted to incorporate items assessing mental health treatment by primary care clinicians, 52 and satisfaction with mental health care using a 5 - point scale ranging
from very dissatisfied (1) to very satisfied (5).53 CIDI diagnoses of major depression and
dysthymia were evaluated at baseline and follow - up.
Participants aged between 18 and 65 years, familiar with the use of personal computers and suffering
from mild to moderate levels of major depression and / or
dysthymia and / or mild to moderate comorbid anxiety were eligible for the study.
Among adolescents with ideation, only MDD /
dysthymia predicted the development of a suicide plan, and only a handful of disorders were predictors of the transition
from ideation to a suicide attempt (ie, MDD /
dysthymia, eating disorders, attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder [only for unplanned attempt] and IED [only for planned attempt]-RRB-.
Also called
dysthymia, dysthymic disorder is characterized by long — term (two years or longer) but less severe symptoms that may not disable a person, but can prevent one
from functioning normally or feeling well.
Some people suffering
from disorders like
dysthymia, minor depression, or grief might benefit
from short 15 to 30 minute chats with a physician for a few weeks.
At Hopewell Psychological, we understand that everyone's experience of
Dysthymia is unique and recognize that you may have different combination of symptoms
from those listed above.
Similar to the additive multivariate model, pure disorders have consistently significant ORs that are generally comparable in magnitude in developed countries, where ORs range
from 1.5 (
dysthymia) to 3.5 (bipolar disorder)(IQR = 1.9 — 2.6), and in developing countries, where ORs range
from 2.1 (agoraphobia) to 5.6 (PTSD)(IQR = 2.7 — 3.7).