Psychiatry and Psychology

Depression

Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER present in neurotic and psychotic disorders.

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Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER present in neurotic and psychotic disorders.

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5 entry terms
  • Depressive Symptoms
  • Emotional Depression
  • Depression, Emotional
  • Depressive Symptom
  • Symptom, Depressive

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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human & animal; /drug ther: consider also ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; do not confuse this or X ref (depression of "moderate intensity") with DEPRESSIVE DISORDER ("prominent & relatively persistent" depression): psychiatrists differentiate on basis of degree

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Depression. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003863. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003863
  2. Depression. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_(mood)
  3. Depression. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4340209