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n. - A mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time.

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  • In 1882, Karl Kahlbaum described cyclothymia as mild form of circular illness.
  • Darnall Army Community Hospital and a diagnosis of cyclothymia, a form of bipolar disorder with mood swings.
  • If you tell a patient he's suffering from cyclothymia you scare him rigid, whereas a few simple words about mood change do no harm at all.
  • They also can be misleading in their treatment implications, as illustrated by the shift of cyclothymia from a personality disorder, which is theoretically unresponsive...
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