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Dysthymia vs. Dysphoria — What's the Difference?

Dysthymia vs. Dysphoria — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Dysthymia and Dysphoria

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Dysthymia

Dysthymia, also known as persistent depressive disorder (PDD), is a mental and behavioral disorder, specifically a disorder primarily of mood, consisting of the same cognitive and physical problems as depression, but with longer-lasting symptoms. The concept was coined by Robert Spitzer as a replacement for the term "depressive personality" in the late 1970s.In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), dysthymia is a serious state of chronic depression, which persists for at least two years (one year for children and adolescents).

Dysphoria

Dysphoria (from Greek: δύσφορος (dysphoros), δυσ-, meaning difficult; and φέρω, pherō meaning "to bear") is a profound state of unease or dissatisfaction. It is the opposite of euphoria.

Dysthymia

A mood disorder characterized by depressive symptoms that persist for two or more years, sometimes subsiding for short periods of time. Also called persistent depressive disorder.

Dysphoria

An emotional state characterized by anxiety, depression, or unease.

Dysthymia

A tendency to be depressed, without hope.
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Dysphoria

A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression or anxiety.
Body dysphoria, premenstrual dysphoria, weight dysphoria

Dysthymia

(psychiatry) A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least 2 years.

Dysphoria

(LGBT) gender dysphoria

Dysthymia

Mild chronic depression;
I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia

Dysphoria

Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets.

Dysphoria

Abnormal depression and discontent

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