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> 1 sense of the expression
depressive disorder
:
NOUN
state
depressive disorder
,
clinical depression
,
depression
a
state
of
depression
and
anhedonia
so
severe
as to
require
clinical
intervention
English
>
depressive disorder
: 1 sense
> noun 1, state
Meaning
A
state
of
depression
and
anhedonia
so
severe
as to
require
clinical
intervention.
Synonyms
clinical depression
,
depression
Narrower
agitated depression
A
state
of
clinical depression
in which the
person
exhibits
irritability
and
restlessness
anaclitic depression
severe
and
progressive
depression
in
infants
who lose their
mother
and do
not
get a suitable substitute
dysthymia
,
dysthymic depression
mild
chronic
depression
endogenous depression
A
state
of
depression
for which there is no
apparent
precipitating
cause
exogenous depression
,
reactive depression
An
inappropriate
state
of depression that is
precipitated
by
events
in the
person's
life (to be
distinguished
from
normal
grief
)
major depressive episode
(psychiatry) a
state
of depression with all the classic
symptoms
(
anhedonia
and
lethargy
and
sleep
disturbance and
despondency
and
morbid
thoughts and feelings of
worthlessness
and
sometimes
attempted
suicide
) but with no
known
organic
dysfunction
neurotic depression
A term used for any
state
of depression that is
not
psychotic
psychotic depression
A
state
of depression so
severe
that the
person
loses
contact
with
reality
and suffers a variety of functional
impairments
retarded depression
A
state
of
clinical depression
in which the
individual
is
lethargic
and slow to initiate
action
Broader
affective disorder
,
major affective disorder
,
emotional disorder
,
emotional disturbance
Any
mental disorder
not
caused by
detectable
organic abnormalities of the
brain
and in which a
major
disturbance of
emotions
is
predominant
Spanish
depresión clínica
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