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As a noun dysthymia

is a tendency to be depressed, without hope.

As an initialism https is

(internet) hypertext transfer protocol secure (http secure), an encrypted form of information transfer on the internet.

dysthymia

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A tendency to be depressed, without hope.
  • (psychiatry) A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least 2 years.
  • * 1989 , James F. Masterson, Ralph Klein (editors), Psychotherapy of the Disorders of the Self: The Masterson Approach , page 369,
  • For diagnostic, research, and treatment reasons, a distinction should always be made between the milder dysthymias , atypical and hysteroid depressions, and the more serious major depressive illnesses, with and without melancholic (vegetative) and psychotic features.
  • * 1994', John C. Markowitz, James H. Kocsis, ''Chapter 9: '''Dysthymia'' , Leon Grunhaus, John F. Greden (editors), ''Severe Depressive Disorders , page 209,
  • A decade ago most psychiatrists would have been puzzled to find a chapter on dysthymia' in a book about severe depressive disorders. They would have characterized this chronic form of depression as mild, "minor," or "syndromal."In recent years, research has demonstrated the severity, prevalence, and importance of vogorous antidepressant treatment of ' dysthymia , justifying its inclusion here among serious mood disorders.
  • * 2007 , Brian B. Doyle, Understanding and Treating Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder , page 231,
  • In other patients, the dysthymia' may co-occur with but not be causally related to the ADHD (Adler and Cohen 2004).Early studies of adults with ADHD found rates of ' dysthymia as high as 67%–81% (Wender et al. 1985).
  • * 2007 , Jon G. Allen, Coping With Depression: From Catch-22 to Hope , page 12,
  • Dysthymia in childhood or adulthood also significantly increases the risk of developing a subsequent major depressive episode.
  • * 2011 , Gary Landsberg, Wayne Hunthausen, Lowell Ackerman, Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat , page 363,
  • Involutive depression or bipolar dysthymias' must be ruled out.Two characteristics of bipolar '''dysthymias''' are distinguishable: first, the bipolar disorders are cyclical in character and develop over several days to several weeks, which is quite different from the sudden and sometimes multiple changes of chronic depression; second, the productive phases of ' dysthymias are accompanied by a considerable decrease in the duration of sleep, to less than 6 hours per day.

    Synonyms

    * (tendency to be depressed) * (form of clinical depression)

    Antonyms

    * (tendency to be depressed) * (form of clinical depression)

    https

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    Initialism

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  • (internet) Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTP Secure), an encrypted form of information transfer on the Internet.