Distimik Bozukluk: Heterojen Bir Kavram
Nesrin Karamustafahoğlu, Mecit Çalışkan, K. Oğuz Mustafalıoğlu, Mustafa Ulusoy
Article No:
4
Article Type :
Research
After the first time dysthmic disorder was introduced in DSM-III, it was found to be a heterogeneous concept in a short period and there were many attemps for sub-typing dysthymic disorder. In DSM-IIIR it was proposed to sub-type dysthymia, the early onset type refers to patients whose symptoms began before age 21 and late onset type refers to patients whose symptoms began at age 21 and after. Between these two subgroups there were no significant differences concerning their sociodemographic and dinical features.
Keywords :
Dysthymic Disorder
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
1991;4:18-20
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