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 ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: My doctor says I suffer from "dysthymia." A friend says this is just a nice word for depression. What is dysthymia? DEAR READER: Dysthymia is a type of depression. Periods of dysthymia ...

Perhaps you have a longstanding tendency to feel flat and gloomy, and those close to you see you as a pessimistic kind of character. You can't recall the last time you slept well, you feel tired all ...