Dysphoria in contemporary psychiatry: forgotten affective state in need of diagnostic recognition
Operationalising dysphoria within dimensional frameworks is essential to elucidate its unique pathophysiology, mitigate iatrogenic harm and advance targeted interventions. Formal recognition of dysphoria as a distinct construct is an ethical and clinical imperative - failure to do so perpetuates diagnostic imprecision, therapeutic missteps and preventable suffering.
Authors
- Kirill Kolobov
- Valentin Yurievich Skryabin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4942-8556)
- M. K. Mikhailov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7708-1932)
Institutions
- Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education (RU)
- Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10518
- Primary Topic
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00