NOUN | state | psychotic depression | a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments |
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Meaning | A state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments. | |
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Broader | depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression | A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention |
Opposite | neurotic depression | A term used for any state of depression that is not psychotic |
Spanish | depresión psicótica |
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