Objective: The authors sought to determine the efficacy of antidepressants in dysthymic
disorder and to compare antidepressant and placebo response rates between major …

Background. Dysthymia is a common mental disorder, associated with considerable
disability and high co-morbidity. This review assessed the role of pharmacological treatment …

Background: Dysthymia is a prevalent form of subthreshold depressive disorder, associated
with considerable disability and high co-morbidity. This paper systematically appraises the …

Background Dysthymia is a depressive disorder of chronic nature but of lower severity than
major depression. Depressive symptoms are more or less continuous for at least two years …

Objectives Dysthymia is a depressive disorder of chronic nature but of less severity than
major depression, which depressive symptoms are more or less continuous for at least two …

BACKGROUND: Psychotherapy of “pure” dysthymic disorder remains understudied. This
article reports outcomes of an acute randomized trial of 94 subjects treated for 16 weeks with …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of antidepressant
pharmacotherapy on mood symptoms and psychosocial outcomes in dysthymia. Method: In …

BACKGROUND: There remains considerable disagreement regarding the relative efficacy of
psychotherapy and medication across types of depression. METHOD: We used random …

Background: The purpose of this study was to provide preliminary data on the effects of
paroxetine and amisulpride on depressive dimensions, analyzed by factor analysis, in …

In the past 20 years, psychotherapy research has demonstrated the efficacy of time-limited,
active talking treatments for acute major depression. Both cognitive behavioral therapy …