It is, in fact, possible for a person to meet the diagnostic criteria for both dysthymia and major depressive disorder simultaneously. When this happens, the appropriate diagnosis would be __________

a. major dysthymic disorder
b. double depression dysthymic disorder
c. major depressive disorder, complex features
d. depressothymic disorder


Answer: B

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