by Dr. Gabriel Freitas | 06/03/2025 | Psychiatric and Psychological Disorders
Dysthymia, currently referred to as Persistent Depressive Disorder in the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), is a chronic and continuous form of depression. Unlike major depression, which usually occurs in more intense episodes, dysthymia...
by Dr. Gabriel Freitas | 05/25/2025 | Psychiatric and Psychological Disorders
Mythomania, also known as pathological lying or pseudologia fantastica, is a psychological disorder in which a person feels a compulsive need to lie, even without any apparent gain or clear justification. Unlike occasional lying — something relatively common in social...