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Persistent mood disorders (Natural history (Long course, Fluctuate,…
Persistent mood
disorders
Definition
Mood disorder that is persistent and fluctuating,
with episodes/symptoms not meeting criteria for
depression, mania or hypomania
Natural
history
Long course
Fluctuate
Subjective distress and disability
Types
Dysthymia
Clinical
presentation
(3+ present)
Poor concentration
Anhedonia
Loss confidence
Hopelessness/despair
Insomnia
Inability to cope
Reduced energy/activity
Pessimism about future/
brooding about past
Social withdrawal
Natural
history
Constant/recurring low mood
Periods of normal mood few weeks at most
No hypomania
Definition
Period of >2y of persistent low mood with episodes not severe/long enough to qualify as depression
Cyclothymia
Natural history
Chronic course
Clinical
presentation
Subthreshold depression
(per above for dysthymia)
Hypomania
Definition
Persistent instability of mood with cycles
between hypomania and subclinical depression