Dysthymia in Clinical Practice

Background Dysthymia has been reconceptualised in recent years from a personality disorder to a chronic affective disorder. It is incorporated into both the DSM and ICD diagnostic systems. Method. The members of the WPA Dysthymia Working Group combined the results of their manual literature searches with a search using Medline. Results Available data are summarised under the headings of classification, epidemiology, validity, comorbidity, course...