clinical depression

Noun

Meaning

a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

depression depressive disorder low blues neurosis melancholia collapse despair melancholy hump gloom desolation despondency discouragement dejection

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Antonyms

bliss beatitude advantage confidence determination happiness

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Hypernyms

affective disorder emotional disorder major affective disorder emotional disturbance

Hyponyms

dysthymia major depressive episode exogenous depression reactive depression psychotic depression neurotic depression

Examples

The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape. Leonard Cohen

I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse. Leonard Cohen

Consequently, when I got to Toronto, much to my chagrin, I really couldn't handle hanging out with the American draft dodgers. There was too much clinical depression. Too much suicide. Too much hardcore substance abuse. They were a traumatized lot, those boys. And I just felt frivolous. William Gibson

Clinical depression takes two weeks to actually be diagnosed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

clinical chemistry clinical cytogeneticist clinical death clinical detection clinical determination clinical dextran