Question

Adults diagnosed with this disorder experience a mildly depressed mood more often than not for at least two years. They display at least two of the following symptoms: problems regulating appetite, problems regulating sleep, low energy, low self-esteem, difficulty concentrating and making decisions, or feeling of hopelessness.

Answer 1

Answer:

Dysthymia

Explanation:

Depression is a serious mental illness. It is a psychological disorder. It consists of symptoms like sadness, hopelessness, helplessness, and worthlessness.  

Dysthymia is also a type of depression. Dysthymia and major depression has many common symptoms such as  

• Mood depressed
• Lack of sleep
• Lack of appetite.
• Poor concentration and low energy.  
• Hopelessness
• low self-esteem
• helplessness and worthlessness.  

Thus in the above statement, the adult is diagnosed by the symptoms such as problem in regulating the appetite, lack of concentration and low self-esteem indicates the dysthymia disorder.