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Symptoms: mild depressive symptoms periodically, usually in a family with bipolar disorder; mentally and socially withdrawn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
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The world-wide medical research
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Interconnectedness of borderline personality pathology and affective temperaments in patients with mood disorders: a network analysisby Hyukjun Lee on January 19, 2025
CONCLUSION: The overlap of BPP and AT in the network, without a clear separation, suggests a significant interconnection between these clinical concepts. The centrality of "Mood shifts" and "Cyclothymic temperament" in this network underscores the importance of targeting these symptoms in the treatment of patients with prominent BPP and AT.
- Neurocognition and affective temperament in first-degree relatives of patients with bipolar disorder in south India: a cross-sectional studyby T Lakshmanamoorthy on January 1, 2025
CONCLUSION: Impairments in working memory, executive function, and certain affective temperaments are potential endophenotypes for bipolar I disorder. Working memory and executive function are most important cognitive domains for social, occupational, and interpersonal functioning. These potential markers could be used to trace susceptible genes for bipolar disorder and thus enhance our understanding of the complex genetics of mood disorders.
- Affective temperaments: Effects on treatment response for major depressionby Ross J Baldessarini on December 11, 2024
There is growing interest in assessing affective temperaments in relation to major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD). Needed is evaluation of the impact of temperament ratings on responses to treatment of depression in these disorders. We measured treatment response as %-improvement in HDRS(21) depression ratings and correlated this measure as well as response rate (≥50 % improvement) with TEMPS-A ratings of anxious, cyclothymic, dysthymic, hyperthymic, and irritable affective...
- Validation and psychometric properties of the bipolar prodrome symptom interview and scale-full prospective Chinese version to assess individuals at risk for bipolar disorderby Jingwen Sun on November 15, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: The BPSS-FP-Chinese version has good psychometric properties and can be applied in both clinical and research settings for screening subjects with a risk for BD.