Euthymia (medicine)

Euthymie ( as an adjective euthym ) is the name for a balanced mood. Democritus ( 460-371 BC) coined the term Euthymie for a state of perfect inner balance in terms of a moral ideal or supreme moral goal ( telos ).

The term is mainly used in psychiatry: with depression or bipolar disorder, the Euthymie is an important treatment goal, that is to say, the mood will no longer be ( due to illness ) depressed or dejected or effusive or overly positive, but in the range of normal mood swings move the ( mentally healthy ) normal population. Antidepressants are (now rarely ) called antidepressants Accordingly. For mood stabilizer that will prevent the occurrence of phases of affective disorders - see: Phasenprophylaktikum.