Euthymia
Euthymia (as an adjective euthym ) is the name for a balanced mood . Democritus (460−371 BC) coined the term euthymia for a state of perfect inner equilibrium in the sense of a moral ideal or supreme moral goal ( telos ).
The term is mainly used in psychiatry : In the case of depression or mania , euthymia is an important treatment goal, i.e. the mood should no longer be depressed or depressed (due to illness) or exuberant or overly positive, but rather within the range of normal mood swings of the (mentally healthy) normal population. Accordingly, antidepressants (now only rarely) are called thymoleptics . For mood stabilizers intended to prevent phases of affective psychosis from occurring - see: phase prophylactic .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Röd: "The philosophy of antiquity: From Thales to Demokrit."
- ↑ Otto Benkert, Hanns Hippius: Compendium of psychiatric pharmacotherapy . 7th edition, Springer, Heidelberg 2008, p. 62 ff., ISBN 978-3-540-78470-8 , here online