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neurotic depression — noun a term used for any state of depression that is not psychotic • Ant: ↑psychotic depression • Hypernyms: ↑depressive disorder, ↑clinical depression, ↑depression … Useful english dictionary
neurotic depression — An alternative label for reactive depression, it is commonly contrasted with the more severe psychotic or endogenous depressions, although the distinction is now challenged. Worry, tearfulness, feeling worse in the evening, and difficulty in… … Dictionary of sociology
Depression: Emergence — The word depression has a number of meanings, depending on the discipline. Within neurophysiology, it refers to a decrease in the brain’s electrical activity causing, for example, cortical depression. For the pharmacologist, depression means… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Depression and Mood Disorders: Emergence — The word depression has a number of meanings, depending on the discipline. Within neurophysiology, it refers to a decrease in the brain’s electrical activity causing, for example, cortical depression. For the pharmacologist, depression means… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Depression: Recent Concepts — Starting in the middle third of the twentieth century, the diagnosis of depression increased many fold. Though some of this increase was owing to the systematic marketing of the diagnosis by pharmaceutical companies, other elements of the… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Depression and Mood Disorders: Recent Concepts — Starting in the middle third of the twentieth century, the diagnosis of depression increased many fold. Though some of this increase was owing to the systematic marketing of the diagnosis by pharmaceutical companies, other elements of the… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
depression, neurotic — See neurotic depression … Dictionary of sociology
depression — [dē presh′ən, dipresh′ən] n. [ME depressioun < OFr depression < L depressio: see DEPRESS] 1. a depressing or being depressed 2. a depressed part or place; hollow or low place on a surface 3. low spirits; gloominess; dejection; sadness 4. a… … English World dictionary
depression — /di presh euhn/, n. 1. the act of depressing. 2. the state of being depressed. 3. a depressed or sunken place or part; an area lower than the surrounding surface. 4. sadness; gloom; dejection. 5. Psychiatry. a condition of general emotional… … Universalium
clinical depression — noun a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention • Syn: ↑depressive disorder, ↑depression • Hypernyms: ↑affective disorder, ↑major affective disorder, ↑emotional disorder, ↑emotional disturbance … Useful english dictionary
