Depressive personality disorder
| Depressive personality disorder | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Melancholic personality disorder |
| Melancholy, painting by Francesco Hayez | |
| Specialty | Psychiatry |
| Symptoms | Low self-esteem, primarily negative mood, frequently critical towards oneself and others, pessimism, excessive feelings of guilt or remorse |
| Duration | Long term |
| Differential diagnosis | Mood disorder (e.g., dysthymia, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder), avoidant personality disorder |
| Personality disorders |
|---|
| Cluster A (odd) |
| Cluster B (dramatic) |
| Cluster C (anxious) |
| Other and unspecified |
| Depressive |
| Others |
Depressive personality disorder, also known as melancholic personality disorder, is a former psychiatric diagnosis that denotes a personality disorder with depressive features.
Originally included in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-II,, depressive personality disorder was removed from the DSM-III and DSM-III-R. The latest description of depressive personality disorder is described in Appendix B in the DSM-IV-TR. Although no longer listed as a personality disorder in the DSM-5, the diagnosis of subclinical Other Specified Personality Disorder and Unspecified Personality Disorder can be used instead.
While depressive personality disorder shares some similarities with mood disorders such as dysthymia, it also shares many similarities with other personality disorders including avoidant personality disorder. Some researchers argue that depressive personality disorder is sufficiently distinct from these other conditions so as to warrant a separate diagnosis.