PDD with persistent major depressive episode:In the last two years, the individual has often met the full criteria for a major depressive episode. PDD with intermittent major depressive episodes, with current episode:In the last two years, there have been periods of at least two months that did...
Introduction: Dysthymia is defined in ICD-10 as a chronic depression of mood which does not currently fulfil the criteria for recurrent depressive disorder, mild or moderate severity, in terms of either severity or duration of individual episodes. Although it only entered the psychiatric ...
Patients fulfilled DSM-IV-TR criteria for DD and were excluded if they were currently experiencing a major depressive episode. Patients with comorbid Axis I disorders, other than anxiety disorders, were excluded from the study. Patients with prior medication treatment, a prior major depressive ...
To test this proposition, the relationship between BPD criteria and dysthymia symptoms was assessed in a large sample of psychiatric inpatients. Substantial covariation was observed between individual BPD items and dysthymia symptoms. In addition, results indicated that four BPD items (affective ...
DSM-IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders GP: General practitioner IBIs: Internet based Interventions iCBT: Internet based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy IDS-C: Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology – clinician rated IDS-SR: Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology – self-rating ...
In this study 78 drug free outpatients (age: 44.74 +/- 11.9, F/M: 2.4) were selected according to DSM-IV criteria and the score obtained on the Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). They were also evaluated by applying the Hamilton...
Dysthymia was fairly recently included in the US(DSM) and WHO(ICD) classifications of mental disorders, because it characterises a prevalent clinical presentation of depression in both psychiatric and general medical settings. PatientsH.Department
patients fulfilled dsm-iv-tr criteria for dd and were excluded if they were currently experiencing a major depressive episode. patients with comorbid axis i disorders, other than anxiety disorders, were excluded from the study. patients with prior medication treatment, a prior major depressive ...
The aim of present research was to test this hypothesis by using new instruments that has been designed to measure multiple metacognitive factors.Method: Fifty-eight students referred to university counseling centers in Tehran who met the diagnostic criteria of DSM-IV-TR for dysthymia (n=21), ...
This finding may be the consequence of the diagnostic criteria provided by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) which are not specific for older adults.Other factors that complicate making diagnoses of dysthymia in older individuals are comorbid general conditions, cognitive ...