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cyclothymia

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Also known as affective personality disorder, cycloid personality, cyclothymic personality, cyclothymic disorder, psychothemia, psychothymia, bipolar III, cyclothymic personality disorder

Key facts

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Cyclothymia
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Cyclothymic disorder, psychothemia, psychothymia, bipolar III, affective personality disorder, cyclothymic personality disorder
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Graphical representation of cyclothymia compared with bipolar disorder and major depression
Medical condition (new).field
Psychiatry, clinical psychology
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Periods of depression and elevated mood
Medical condition (new).complications
Risk of self-harm
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Unknown
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Family history
Medical condition (new).differential
Bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, substance misuse disorder
Medical condition (new).treatment
Psychotherapy, medications
Medical condition (new).frequency
0.41% at some point in life

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Research

1,397 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Symptoms and signs
  • Causes
  • Diagnosis
  • Management
  • Epidemiology
  • History
  • Research
  • Etymology
  • See also
  • References
  • Cited sources
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Cyclothymia (, ), also known as cyclothymic disorder, psychothemia / psychothymia, bipolar III, affective personality disorder and cyclothymic personality disorder, is a mental and behavioural disorder that involves numerous periods of symptoms of depression and periods of symptoms of elevated mood. These symptoms, however, are not sufficient to indicate a major depressive episode or a manic episode. Symptoms must last for more than one year in children and two years in adults.

The cause of cyclothymia is unknown. Risk factors include a family history of bipolar disorder. Cyclothymia differs from bipolar disorder in the fact that major depression and mania are not found.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cyclothymia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.