Onset Of Manic Depression Symptoms
Health Encyclopedia: Depression
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods. But true clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for an extended time.
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Alternative Names
Blues; Discouragement; Gloom; Mood changes; Sadness; Melancholy
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