Clinical depression and Dysthymia

Clinical depression

Clinical depression noun - A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention.

Dysthymia and clinical depression are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dysthymia" instead a noun phrase "Clinical depression".

Dysthymia

Dysthymia noun - Mild chronic depression.
Usage example: I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia
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Clinical depression and dysthymia are semantically related. You can use "Clinical depression" instead a noun "Dysthymia".
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Dysthymia and Clinical depression. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clinical_depression/dysthymia
Clinical depression & Dysthymia. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clinical_depression/dysthymia>.
Dysthymia or Clinical depression. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clinical_depression/dysthymia.
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