Euthymia (other)
Euthymia may refer to: * Euthymia (medicine), a calm mental state in psychology and psychiatry * Euthymia (philosophy), a concept in philosophy * Euphrosyne (mythology) or Euthymia, a Greek goddess * ''Euthymia'' (grasshopper), a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Hemiacridinae The HemiacridinaeDirsh VM (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. ''Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London'' 108 223-356. are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Sp ...

Euthymia (medicine)
In psychiatry and psychology, euthymia is a normal, tranquil mental state or mood. People with mood disorders, including major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder (BD), previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of Depression (mood), depression and periods of abnormally elevated Mood (psychology), mood that each last from days to weeks, and in ..., experience euthymia as a stable mood state that is neither depressive nor manic. Achieving and maintaining euthymia is the goal of treatment for bipolar patients in particular. Etymology The term ''euthymia'' is derived from the Greek words ''eu'' and ''thymos'' . The word “ thymos” had four meanings: life energy, feelings/passions, desire/will, and thought/intelligence; and was also tied to the social dimension e.g. seeking honor from others. The verb form "euthymeo” meant both “I am happy, in good spirits” and “I make others happy, I reassur ...
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Euthymia (philosophy)
Euthymia (, "gladness, good mood, serenity"—literally "good thumos") is a central concept in the moral thoughts of Democritus, who presents it as an ideal disposition of mind corresponding to a form of equanimity, a calm affectivity and relative steadiness of the soul. Diogenes Laërtius records Democritus' view as follows: "The chief good he asserts to be cheerfulness (euthymia); which, however, he does not consider the same as pleasure; as some people, who have misunderstood him, have fancied that he meant; but he understands by cheerfulness, a condition according to which the soul lives calmly and steadily, being disturbed by no fear, or superstition, or other passion." Seneca's ''tranquillitas'' In his dialogue '' De Tranquillitate Animi'', Seneca translates ''euthymia'' as ''tranquillitas'' (latin for "tranquility" or "peace of mind"): The Greeks call this calm steadiness of mind ''euthymia'', and Democritus's treatise upon it is excellently written: I call it peace of ...
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Euphrosyne (mythology)
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Euphrosyne (; ) is a goddess, one of the three Charites. She was sometimes named Euthymia () or Eutychia (). Family According to Hesiod, Euphrosyne and her sisters Thalia and Aglaea are the daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid nymph Eurynome. Alternative parentage may be Zeus and Eurydome, Eurymedousa, or Euanthe; Dionysus and Coronis; or Helios and the Naiad Aegle. The Roman author Hyginus, in his '' Fabulae'', also mentions a figure named Euphrosyne, who is the daughter of Nox (Night) and Erebus (Darkness). Hyginus, ''Fabulae'Preface Mythology Euphrosyne is a goddess of good cheer, joy and mirth. Her name is the female version of the word ''euphrosynos'', "merriment". Pindar wrote that these goddesses were created to fill the world with pleasant moments and good will. The Charites attended the goddess of beauty Aphrodite. In art, Euphrosyne is usually depicted with her sisters dancing. Cults Euphrosyne and her sister ...
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Euthymia (grasshopper)
Euthymia may refer to: * Euthymia (medicine), a calm mental state in psychology and psychiatry * Euthymia (philosophy), a concept in philosophy * Euphrosyne (mythology) or Euthymia, a Greek goddess * ''Euthymia'' (grasshopper), a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Hemiacridinae The HemiacridinaeDirsh VM (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. ''Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London'' 108 223-356. are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Sp ...