Misdiagnosis of Dysthymia
| About misdiagnosis: When checking for a misdiagnosis of Dysthymia or confirming a diagnosis of Dysthymia, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Dysthymia may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Dysthymia. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis. |
Alternative diagnoses list for Dysthymia: For a diagnosis of Dysthymia, the following list of conditions have been mentioned in sources as possible alternative diagnoses to consider during the diagnostic process for Dysthymia:
- Normal sadness
- Depression
- Clinical depression
- Psychotic disorder
- Mood disorder
- Substance-induced mood disorder
- Cyclothymic disorder
Dysthymia as an alternative diagnosis: The other diseases for which Dysthymia is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:
Misdiagnosis cases for Dysthymia:
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July 1, 2003
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