Talk:Melancholic depression

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Dysthymia?

Isn't this basically the same thing as Dysthymia? --Serph 15:45, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When it goes on for over two years, I think so. 76.180.120.161 06:47, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, according to DSM-IV there is a subtle difference. Melancholia is a specifier of a Major Depressive Episode which is more severe than the criteria for Dysthymia. By the definitions given in DSM-IV the Melacholic specifier cannot be applied to Dysthymia. 194.83.139.177 (talk) 13:30, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]