{"id":68784,"date":"2025-11-14T08:44:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/dysthymic-disorder-also-known-as-persistent-depressive-disorder\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T08:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:44:56","slug":"dysthymic-disorder-also-known-as-persistent-depressive-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/dysthymic-disorder-also-known-as-persistent-depressive-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Dysthymic disorder (also known as persistent depressive disorder)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>a chronic mood disorder characterized by persistent low or depressed mood lasting at least two years in adults (one year in children and adolescents). Symptoms are usually less severe than in a major depressive episode, but are long-lasting and can disrupt daily functioning, including feelings of sadness, decreased energy, decreased concentration, low self-esteem, sleep and appetite disturbances. It is often combined with other mental disorders and increases the risk of developing severe depressive episodes. Treatment includes psychotherapy, medication, or a combination of both.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a chronic mood disorder characterized by persistent low or depressed mood lasting at least two years in adults (one year in children and adolescents). Symptoms are usually less severe than in a major depressive episode, but are long-lasting and can disrupt daily functioning, including feelings of sadness, decreased energy, decreased concentration, low self-esteem, sleep and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-key-psychological-concepts-in-clinical-neuropsychology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}