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Heck, even the edgy Archie gang of CW’s “Riverdale” aren’t nearly as dysthymic and debauched as the teenagers Levinson has imagined here.

From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2019

By the end of the session, Caffrey diagnosed her with generalized anxiety disorder, for insurance purposes, and dysthymic disorder, which is a mild but pervasive and chronic depression, in his own records.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2018

She has post-traumatic stress disorder and dysthymic disorder, both chronic forms of depression.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2014

He is simply echoing some dysthymic poet of the past—reaching out with some other man's hat for the stray nickel of your sympathy.

From Ponkapog Papers by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey