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I have a hunch that dysthmia is actually a personality disorder--it sure seems to be a long-term and consistent pattern. That would also explain why it's so tough to treat using our current model. If it's anything like other personlity disorders, then a long-term slow treatment style would seem to work the best.

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Woa. May I ask as to where you got this idea? I've only seen it classified as a mood disorder. Although I have not read about personality disorders at all, I have read alot about Dysthymia, and it is actually a form of depression, which I would think would be in a class on its own...then again I'm not a shrink so...