clinical depression
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈklɪnɪkəl dɪˈprɛʃən/
- Specialized
:
depresión clínica
- After struggling for months, she finally sought help for her clinical depression from a mental health professional.
- symptoms of clinical depression
- clinical depression and anxiety
- clinical depression and grief
Yeah, I think waking up was was tough because I didn't want to face a day when the doctor said that this is clinical depression.
- Yeah, I think waking up was was tough because I didn't want to face a day when the doctor said that this is clinical depression.
- And the reason we know that is because you can take patients who are have endogenous clinical depression, OK, They are anhedonic.
- So through things that I've, I've known people with with clinical depression.
- And I'm not trying to mitigate like there is actual clinical depression, but we do have these small choices that we can make to, to kind of help control it a little bit.
Examples
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For patients whose demoralization and hopelessness have become overwhelming, social workers should recommend psychiatric consultation for clinical depression.
Academic text (1995) -
Mrs. Murrow had long suffered bouts of clinical depression.
Fiction book (2000) -
Roughly one in five people will develop major or clinical depression after the loss of a loved one.
Blog text (5) -
Lincoln likely would have been diagnosed with clinical depression if he were alive today.
Blog text (1) -
I'm under treatment for clinical depression; I take medication for clinical depression.
Blog text (8) -
Dan, I was homeless at the time thanks to clinical depression and generalized anxiety disorder.
Blog text (8) -
Thus, it may be concluded that elevated BDI scores may reflect both clinical depression and grief.
Academic text (1996) -
In one study, over 40% experienced clinical depression, with some 12% experiencing moderate to severe depression (Mearns, 1991).
Academic text (2009) -
My radical outlook eventually rendered me an outcast, and my sadness over my crippled existence developed into clinical depression.
Academic text (2002) -
Not normal stress or necessary stress, but chronic stress—chronic anxiety or clinical depression.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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3.7
A long lasting medical illness of deep sadness that needs treatment by a doctor
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4.8
Long periods of deep sadness and loss of interest that make daily life hard and often need medical help
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6.1
A period of severe sadness and loss of interest that makes daily life hard
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward modifier + noun combination: 'clinical' (medical/related to clinical practice) narrows 'depression' to the medically diagnosed disorder rather than casual sadness. This compositional meaning is common cross-linguistically and is directly derivable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Clinical depression comes from clinical, meaning seen in a doctor's 'clinic', and depression, meaning a deep 'low mood' or feeling pressed down. So, it refers to a medical condition a doctor can diagnose when someone has a long, serious low mood.