Dysthymia and Major Depressive Disorders Compared

Abstract

Clinical presentation, course, and outcome of childhood-onset dysthymic disorder (DD) in 55 school-age referrals were compared with a group of 60 youngsters whose first affective episode was major depressive disorder (MDD) in a prospective 3- to 12-year study at Psychiatric Departments of the University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute, University of California at San Diego, and Harvard Medical School.

Keywords

• dysthymic disorder
• major depressive disorder
• self-deprecation