cyclothymia

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) + θυμός (thumós, “temper, disposition”) + -ia.

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Noun

cyclothymia (countable and uncountable, plural cyclothymias)

  1. (medicine) A chronic mental disturbance characterized by mood swings and depression.
    • 2018 April 26, Tobias A Rowland, Steven Marwaha, “Epidemiology and risk factors for bipolar disorder”, in Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology‎[1], volume 8, number 9, →DOI, pages 251–269:
      A study using the BAR assessment tool criteria found that cyclothymia had the best overall clinical utility for case finding and screening when focusing on depressed youths with an early transition to bipolar.

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