Cyclothymic Disorder
A mood disorder that causes emotional highs and lows.
The mood shifts in cyclothymia aren’t as extreme as those in people with bipolar disorders. People with cyclothymia can typically function in daily life, though it may be difficult.
Symptoms include intermittent psychological highs and lows that may become more pronounced over time.
Treatment usually involves counseling and therapy. In rare cases, medications may be used.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W051
Diagnosis: Cyclothemic Disorder
US Patients:
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: M1;F1
Age Onset: Age 17
Brain Area:
Symptoms: mild depressive symptoms periodically, usually in a family with bipolar disorder; mentally and socially withdrawn
Progression: rotate between depressive and mild manic states with more spontaneity, self-esteem, spending; thoughts faster
Causes:
Medications: lithium, mood stabilizers
Therapies: counseling
Youtube Video: A Case Study in Psychothymic Disorder
Amazon or Library Book:
Understanding Cyclothymia and Bipolar Disorder
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Support Group: dbsalliance.org; Online;
(Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
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Section 12.04.
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- The clinical significance of emotional urgency in bipolar disorder: a scoping reviewby Wen Lin Teh on May 15, 2024
CONCLUSION: Large between-group differences found for emotional urgency in bipolar disorder imply large clinical significance. Emotional urgency was associated with worse clinical features and outcomes. Given the high clinical heterogeneity of the disorder, emotional urgency may be an important phenotype indicative of greater disorder severity.
- Homocysteine, hopelessness, rumination, affective temperaments, and clinical course in patients with bipolar disorder-1by Esat Fahri Aydın on May 7, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: The findings may lead clinical efforts and future clinical trials to explore and intervene in related sources and presentations of BD-1's adverse consequences.
- Predominant affective temperaments in depressive patients with severe social withdrawalby Laura Orsolini on March 20, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: These preliminary findings could help in clinically characterizing the relationship between specific affective temperamental profiles among individuals with depression with/without HK specifier, in order to provide a more tailored and personalized therapeutic approach. Our Italian study should be extensively replicated in larger, longitudinal and multicentric pan-European studies, by specifically assessing the impact of these findings on depression clinical course, prognosis and...
- Decreased dynamic variability of the cerebellum in the euthymic patients with bipolar disorderby Zhenzhu Chen on February 19, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggested that patients with euthymic BD exhibit less flexibility of temporal functional activities in the cerebellum posterior lobes compared to either depressed patients or healthy individuals. These results could contribute to the development of neuropathological models of BD, ultimately leading to improved diagnosis and treatment of this complex illness.