Key features of depression and its management in general practice.
 
 

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1. Dysthymic disorder is associated with an increased risk of major depression.
2. Dysthymic disorder is associated with an increased family history of major depression and bipolar disorders.
3. Dysthymic disorder may lead to major depression decades later.
4. People with dysthymic disorder return to normal functioning after an episode of major depression.
5. People with dysthymic disorder commonly suffer multiple episodes of major depression.
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4. People with dysthymic disorder return to normal functioning after an episode of major depression.

Author's answer: True

A return to the low-grade depressive pattern is the rule following recovery from superimposed major depressive episodes ("double depression").