With fewer symptoms and less severe presentation, persistent depressive disorder (PDD) differs from clinical depression. If ...

The DSM is a resource mental health professionals can turn to for standardized diagnostic criteria for mental health ...

Over 1 in 10 kids now suffer from anxiety, with depression rising too. Mood disorders aren't just "phases"—they're real, ...

On persistent depressive disorder, you feel sad for most of the day for most days of the week, and that lasts a very long time. Normally, people who have undergone a lot of trauma and have a ...

Dysthymia, or persistent depressive disorder (PDD), is understood as a ‘milder’ form of depression, but it is no less serious than its more severe counterpart. In the 2018 bestseller ...

Double depression refers to a severe mental health condition characterized by the features of persistent depressive disorder and major depressive episodes. (Image: Canva) In the intricate ...

Chronic pain—or pain that lasts at least three months—is closely intertwined with depression. Individuals living with pain's ...

When Natasha Tracy was 19, a psychiatrist diagnosed her with minor depression. "I knew this was wrong," Tracy says. "He hadn't listened to me. I was suffering from severe, suicidal depression." ...

Researchers at Zhejiang University found that acute stress increases natural repair mechanisms in the brain, while chronic ...

Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD) stands as a troubling example of a serious mental health condition that remains largely unheard of. What is PDD? PDD—previously referred to as dysthymia—is ...