DEPRESSION


Meaning of DEPRESSION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a doctor diagnoses flu/depression etc (= says what illness someone has )

The doctor diagnosed malaria.

manic depression

postnatal depression (= an illness in which a woman feels very unhappy and tired after her baby is born )

postnatal depression

severe depression

He suffered from severe depression when he was younger.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

chronic

In fact, she returned to Kensington Palace for professional treatment for her chronic depression .

Since his resignation, Smith has suffered chronic headaches, depression and insomnia, according to the lawsuit.

Was it low blood-sugar or merely chronic depression ?

His natural father has a long list of problems, all of which are transmitted genetically, such as chronic depression .

clinical

Similar definitions apply to osteoporosis or clinical depression .

Of those who commit suicide, 60 percent suffer from clinical depression , Quinnett claims.

Another important symptom of clinical depression is loss of the capacity to love.

Four of five people with clinical depression can improve and resume daily activity, usually within weeks.

There is, however, abundant evidence that many patients vulnerable to clinical depression have a constitutional deficit of serotonin.

One assumes other factors were at work, perhaps clinical depression , so that the medal controversy precipitated his decision.

Darlington magistrates were told Mr Siddle had been suffering from clinical depression triggered by business problems.

I can give you clinical depression .

deep

In mitigation Ronald Coia said his client was suffering from deep depression because his business had failed.

The acclaimed restaurant closed its doors a few months ago, sending many a fan into deep depression .

And it was not all deep depression yesterday, with the likes of Boots and Morgan Grenfell in fine form.

Spectacular Soviet successes in rocketry, beginning with Sputnik, sent the United States into a deep emotional depression .

He felt a sudden deep wave of depression , coupled with uncertainty.

And now it had been in a deep economic depression for years.

One was suffering from deep depression , the other believed he was beginning to lose control of his mind.

The deep depressions and worn, flattened rug fields revealed where he lifted iron and where he did his thousands of situps.

economic

And now it had been in a deep economic depression for years.

Did unemployment, economic depression and the General Strike reduce trade unionism to a pitiful weakness?

We feel there will be an economic depression .

The country was in the grip of economic depression , and in June 1921 there were more than two million out of work.

The disorder was aggravated by the economic depression of the 1930s.

Churchill's move to the Board of Trade in 1908 coincided with the return of acute economic depression .

The same regions that once benefited from growth in these industries have, subsequently, suffered economic decline and depression .

great

The research now available shows that crime tripled between the two world wars, particularly at the time of the great depression .

Treatment of blacks altered slightly with the great depression of the thirties and the economic boom of the wartime forties.

The last great depression took Orwell out on to the road, on a quest for the meanings of mass poverty.

The great agrarian depression of the 1870s and 1880s was thus essentially a depression of the staple national and international food-crops.

As the thirties was our last great depression it commands comparison with the great depression of the eighties.

The great enemy is depression - this must be overcome by giving him as much help and support as possible.

major

Halmi etal, found a lifetime prevalence of 68% for major depression in a sample of severely ill anorexia nervosa patients.

Some students may write about the avoidance of a major depression , others about the decision to focus on high employment.

Whether such a process can operate on a large enough scale to produce major oasis depressions is more doubtful.

In addition the study populations were heterogeneous despite all meeting the criteria for major depression .

Abraham Lincoln, too, had many well-documented major depressions .

However, disagreement exists about the role of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in treating major depression .

manic

In manic or bipolar depression , bouts of depression alternate with periods of excessive elation or mania of similar length.

Doctors have treated manic depression with lithium carbonate since the 1970s.

The booklet deals with lithium, the drug used for manic depression .

He still looked rather tired, having spent several weeks in hospital undergoing treatment for manic depression .

mild

The doctor advises that insomnia with resultant irritability and even mild depression may occur.

There are a number of lifestyle changes you can make to improve your chances of beating a mild depression .

Cognitive impairment in children may follow milder postpartum depression and may be detectable four years after the resolution of maternal symptoms.

She employed a relentless, deliberate, upward emotionalism that would have left Norman Vincent Peale feeling mild depression .

Blanche finished almost every press conference or interview in a state of mild depression .

postnatal

Maternity blues linked to platelet receptors TWO-THIRDS of women suffer from postnatal depression , accompanied by crying, confusion and tension.

It may be that you have a form of postnatal depression that needs treatment.

In the early weeks after I had him I suffered from postnatal depression .

severe

What you can do Severe depression requires medical treatment, which may take several weeks to lift.

The economy had suffered severe depression in the eariy 1960s and was having a hard time reviving.

The most effective treatment before 1960 for severe and disabling depression was electro-convulsion therapy.

She suffers from severe depression , alternating mania, which has been successfully stabilized over the years through medication and psychotherapy.

He then began adding back one food per day and when he included instant coffee it produced another bout of severe depression .

Unsuccessfully treated severe depression is a disease with a mortality rate similar to that of cancer.

The improved treatment was investigated for patients whose only disorder was severe depression , and found to give much benefit.

There was a short but severe depression following World War I.. Then came the vast disaster of the nineteen-thirties.

shallow

The largest object for miles, dominating the shallow depression which is the valley of the Ancre, is the Thiepval Memorial.

Rusty sediments pond in shallow depressions between the weathered gray curves of basalt pillows.

The female makes the final choice and lays her eggs in the shallow depression .

And on the other side, to the north, there was that shallow depression , the empty lot.

A single downpour can rapidly transform a lifeless, shallow depression in the desert into a pool throbbing with life.

■ VERB

cause

Whom should we therefore ban from public places for causing all the depression leading to so many suicides?

But exactly that is true of women and men with variously caused depressions .

And as Tavris has pointed out, chronic lower back pain can cause depression and irritability.

This type of insomnia is caused most often by depression .

develop

Isolated horses can develop depression , over-excitability or an inability to relate sensibly to other horses.

Statistically, women are about two times more likely to develop a depression than men.

increase

The apparent increasing prevalence of depression and mental-health disorders in ageing and socially fragmented urban populations.

Among middle-class women, early marriage played a similar role in increasing risk of depression .

Such conflicts may increase the risk of depression but be resolved by a subsequent change in employment status.

lead

In turn this would result in bankruptcies, leading to a depression and unemployment.

Other studies have found that yo-yo dieting inevitably leads to bingeing and depression .

The experience often leads to depression and serious illness; indeed many people die shortly after retiring.

In the long term production of serotonin is reduced, leading to depression most suicides have low serotonin levels.

In others it may lead to depression .

But such hopes should not overshadow any time alone to the extent that they lead to depression and lack of self appreciation.

Coroner Colin Penna heard yesterday it was the job which led to his depression .

suffer

In mitigation Ronald Coia said his client was suffering from deep depression because his business had failed.

The economy had suffered severe depression in the eariy 1960s and was having a hard time reviving.

Horses sometimes suffer depression on going to a new home.

She suffers from severe depression , alternating mania, which has been successfully stabilized over the years through medication and psychotherapy.

He was clearly suffering from reactive depression .

Roosevelt himself suffered depression that he kept hidden even from those closest to him.

One was suffering from deep depression , the other believed he was beginning to lose control of his mind.

Two-thirds of depressed patients have family members who have suffered from depression .

treat

The 21 year old had been treated for depression and had been prescribed tablets by his doctor on 15 occasions.

Doctors have treated manic depression with lithium carbonate since the 1970s.

She had been treated for depression .

Unsuccessfully treated severe depression is a disease with a mortality rate similar to that of cancer.

Classical music is used to treat trauma, depression , and anxiety.

However, disagreement exists about the role of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in treating major depression .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a bout of depression/flu/sickness etc

Occasionally we all suffer from influenza or a bout of sickness, which naturally results in a drop in weight.

Pablo Fernandez was suddenly stricken by a bout of flu.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a depression in the sand

an economic depression

Hartnell blamed his financial difficulties on the worldwide depression .

He has been suffering from depression since his wife died last year.

In Germany the depression in the late 1920s helped Hitler's rise to power.

Keiffer's book is about her battle with depression .

Mild symptoms of anxiety and depression are often associated with social difficulties.

My father had suffered from severe depression for many years.

She suffers from periods of deep depression , when she locks herself away and will speak to no one for weeks.

The depressions in the sand are made by turtles, that come up here to lay their eggs.

The family had a history of alcoholism and depression .

You could see a depression in the ground where the helicopter had landed.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Carcinoma, methadone, diabetes, depression , miscarriage and angina have poured down as unremittingly as the weather.

Denial, anger, depression , something and acceptance.

During the past few decades, prescription drugs have also been widely used to control the symptoms of depression .

Produces a quick rush of euphoria followed by a rapid depression of mood.

The nails had dug deeply into the palms, leaving bloodless, crescent-shaped depressions behind.

This may involve dealing with depression , disappointment and many other feelings that have arisen since retirement.

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