Dealing with Dysthymia: Recognising and Recovering from Low-Grade Chronic Depression

By Michael Carr

Have you, or a loved one been suffering from frequent low moods for two or more years?

Chronic, low-grade depression is often thought of as a mild disorder that doesn’t need to be taken as seriously as more extreme mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder or major depression. However, research shows that this milder form of depression, known as “dysthymia,” in medical circles, can be just as damaging to people’s lives as major depression.

Many people with dysthymia have significant problems with employment or relationships and a high proportion are socially isolated or chronically underemployed. There is also limited public awareness of dysthymia and most individuals with the disorder don’t even know they have it.

Dealing with Dysthymia: Recognising and Recovering from Chronic, Low-grade Depression is a clear and concise guide to this subtle but destructive form of depression. It describes the main symptoms and causes of dysthymia, and discusses a number of proven methods for dealing with this insidious illness. This informative booklet also includes a discussion of other mental health problems that are commonly found with dysthymia and how the treatment of chronic depression can make it easier to manage co-existing problems such as anxiety disorders and ADHD (approximately 11,000 words, including resources)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael Carr
• Release date: Mar 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311473226

Michael Carr

I'm a freelance researcher and part-time writer from New Zealand. My writing interests include psychology, mental performance issues and gardening.My writing aim is to produce concise, down-to-earth publications about under-explored subjects, and I believe that concise e-books and articles are a great medium for this.

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Reviews for Dealing with Dysthymia

[delaney_sanders_2 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Very basic tips on dealing with chronic depression. Was expecting more.

[Guy Cabell · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The author's definition of dysthymia is not the way it was explained to me when a psychiatrist diagnosed me with it. She explained it by saying that depression often has a cycle of ups and downs, but my downs continually brought me lower, and the ups never brought me back to the place where I was before the latest down. In any event, the writer isn't a degreed psychologist or psychiatrist. Nevertheless, he seems to have done his research well and tells a credible story. The best part to me is that he completely avoids contradicting himself.