Cyclothymic disorder
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Cyclothymic disorder is a mild form of bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness) in which a person has mood swings over a period of years that go from mild depression to euphoria and excitement.
Cyclothymic disorder
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Cyclothymic disorder is a mild form of bipolar disorder in which a person has mood swings from mild or moderate depression to euphoria and excitement, but stays connected to reality.
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Cyclothymic disorder
Cyclothymic disorder is when a person has mild and alternating mood swings of elation and depression occurring over a long time period.
Cyclothymic disorder is a chronic, low-level disturbance of mood, punctuated by periods of depressive symptoms and periods of hypomanic symptoms.
Cyclothymic disorder may be diagnosed in patients who experience frequent depressive symptoms and hypomania for at least two years and who have been without symptoms for no more than two months
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cyclothymic disorder
This is a chronic fluctuating mood disturbance, which involves periods of hypomania and periods of depression. It is a milder form of bipolar disorder with less severe symptoms and shorter episodes.
Cyclothymia, or cyclothymic disorder, is a chronic mood disorder that results in short periods of mild emotional and behavioral "highs" alternating with short periods of mild to moderate depression.
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Cyclothymia - (cyclothymic disorder) is a relatively mild mood disorder.
Bipolar I Disorder is the most severe type of the illness, while Bipolar II Disorder and Cyclothymic Disorder are milder. Mixed Bipolar Disorder sufferers can experience mania and depression at the same time.
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Bipolar II disorder involves milder episodes of mania (called hypomania) that alternate with episodes of depression
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In addition, there are two other forms of bipolar disorder: bipolar disorder not otherwise specified (BP-NOS) and cyclothymic disorder, or cyclothymia.
There is a 2.5% chance of developing BPAD type I & II during your lifetime in Australia. The chance for combined BPAD and Cyclothymic disorder is reported as 5.2%. No racial differences exist. Males are more likely to develop BPAD than females.
Other types of depression are recognized, with characteristics similar to the major mood disorders, but not as severe: they are adjustment disorder with depression, dysthymic disorder, and cyclothymic disorder.
Cyclothymic Disorder, or Cyclothymia, is a mild form of bipolar disorder. People who have cyclothymia have episodes of hypomania that shift back and forth with mild depression for at least two years.
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