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 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - A continuous feeling of sadness could be just a dark mood, or it could be Persistent ...

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

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 ...

A new study reveals that chronic stress activates immune cells that travel to the brain, amplify inflammation, and heighten ...

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 ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common chronic and debilitating, but highly treatable, affective disorder. In the current climate of managed care, which limits the number of sessions and the ...

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 ...

Major depressive disorder is characterised by a persistent and pervasive sadness of mood, anhedonia (disinterestedness in activities that were pleasurable before the onset of the affliction), easy ...

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 ...