Dysthymia (Melancholic Depression)

Group of undergrad students from the University of Texas at El Paso College of Health Sciences sharing Mental Health information for educational purposes. Special thanks to the Undergrad Learning Center Makers Space at UTEP for use of their podcast studio.

Mental health resources: 

Online resources: Free Printables and information:www.therapistaid.com  

Guided Journals for self work: www.therapynotebooks.com  

Books: “Feeling Good” by Davis Burns, “Who Moved My Cheese” by Spencer Johnson,   

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill 800-969-6642 (toll free) www.nmha.org  

Depression Awareness, Recognition, and Treatment Program of the National Institute of Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/index.cfm  

MacArthur Foundation Initiative on Depression and Primary Care www.depression-primarycare.org 

The Mental Health Hotline at 866-903-3787 can answer your questions confidentially and free of charge 24/7.  

Mental health guidance in El Paso: Emergence Health Network at 877- 562-6467 or at 915-779-1800. 

 

References 

 

American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787 

Depression & Dysthymia. (2021). YouTube. Retrieved November 15, 2023, from https://youtu.be/WmkjXkPNANo?si=ZL74w2LtxdneOL_h.  

Dysthymia. Johns Hopkins Medicine. (2023, January 31). https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/dysthymia  

Harvard Health Publishing. (2014, March 9). Dysthymia. Harvard Health Harvard Medical School. https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/dysthymia  

Healthdirect Australia. (n.d.). Melancholia (melancholic depression). healthdirect. https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/melancholia  

Luby, J. L., Mrakotsky, christine, Haffelfinger, A., Brown, K., & Spitznagel, E. (2015). Characteristics of depressed preschoolers with and without anhedonia: Evidence for a melancholic depressive subtype in young children. American Journal of Psychiatry, 161(11), 1998–2004. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.11.1998  

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. (2022, October 14). Depression (major depressive disorder). Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20356013  

Moore, J. D., & Bona, J. R. (2001). Depression and dysthymia. Medical Clinics of North America, 85(3), 631–644. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0025-7125(05)70333-3  

Nöbbelin, L., Bogren, M., Mattisson, C., & Brådvik, L. (2022). Incidence of melancholic depression by age of onset and gender in the Lundby Population, 1947–1997. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 273(5), 1163–1173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01506-5  

Purse, M. (2022, April 29). Why melancholic depression is often treated with medication. Verywell Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-melancholia-379852  

Sadeghfard, A., Bozorgi, A. R., Ahmadi, S., & Shojaei, M. (2016, May). The history of melancholia disease. Iranian journal of medical sciences. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5103586/#:~:text=Melancholia%20is%20a%20kind%20of,and%20affective%20symptoms%20of%20depression  

Team, G. E. (2018, September 19). Melancholia. What Is Melancholia? https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/issues/melancholia#:~:text=The%20condition%20is%20highly%20heritable,may%20be%20responsible%20for%20melancholia