noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a doctor diagnoses flu/depression etc (= says what illness someone has )
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The doctor diagnosed malaria.
manic depression
postnatal depression (= an illness in which a woman feels very unhappy and tired after her baby is born )
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postnatal depression
severe depression
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He suffered from severe depression when he was younger.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
chronic
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In fact, she returned to Kensington Palace for professional treatment for her chronic depression .
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Since his resignation, Smith has suffered chronic headaches, depression and insomnia, according to the lawsuit.
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Was it low blood-sugar or merely chronic depression ?
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His natural father has a long list of problems, all of which are transmitted genetically, such as chronic depression .
clinical
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Similar definitions apply to osteoporosis or clinical depression .
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Of those who commit suicide, 60 percent suffer from clinical depression , Quinnett claims.
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Another important symptom of clinical depression is loss of the capacity to love.
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Four of five people with clinical depression can improve and resume daily activity, usually within weeks.
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There is, however, abundant evidence that many patients vulnerable to clinical depression have a constitutional deficit of serotonin.
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One assumes other factors were at work, perhaps clinical depression , so that the medal controversy precipitated his decision.
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Darlington magistrates were told Mr Siddle had been suffering from clinical depression triggered by business problems.
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I can give you clinical depression .
deep
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In mitigation Ronald Coia said his client was suffering from deep depression because his business had failed.
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The acclaimed restaurant closed its doors a few months ago, sending many a fan into deep depression .
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And it was not all deep depression yesterday, with the likes of Boots and Morgan Grenfell in fine form.
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Spectacular Soviet successes in rocketry, beginning with Sputnik, sent the United States into a deep emotional depression .
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He felt a sudden deep wave of depression , coupled with uncertainty.
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And now it had been in a deep economic depression for years.
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One was suffering from deep depression , the other believed he was beginning to lose control of his mind.
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The deep depressions and worn, flattened rug fields revealed where he lifted iron and where he did his thousands of situps.
economic
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And now it had been in a deep economic depression for years.
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Did unemployment, economic depression and the General Strike reduce trade unionism to a pitiful weakness?
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We feel there will be an economic depression .
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The country was in the grip of economic depression , and in June 1921 there were more than two million out of work.
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The disorder was aggravated by the economic depression of the 1930s.
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Churchill's move to the Board of Trade in 1908 coincided with the return of acute economic depression .
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The same regions that once benefited from growth in these industries have, subsequently, suffered economic decline and depression .
great
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The research now available shows that crime tripled between the two world wars, particularly at the time of the great depression .
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Treatment of blacks altered slightly with the great depression of the thirties and the economic boom of the wartime forties.
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The last great depression took Orwell out on to the road, on a quest for the meanings of mass poverty.
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The great agrarian depression of the 1870s and 1880s was thus essentially a depression of the staple national and international food-crops.
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As the thirties was our last great depression it commands comparison with the great depression of the eighties.
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The great enemy is depression - this must be overcome by giving him as much help and support as possible.
major
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Halmi etal, found a lifetime prevalence of 68% for major depression in a sample of severely ill anorexia nervosa patients.
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Some students may write about the avoidance of a major depression , others about the decision to focus on high employment.
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Whether such a process can operate on a large enough scale to produce major oasis depressions is more doubtful.
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In addition the study populations were heterogeneous despite all meeting the criteria for major depression .
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Abraham Lincoln, too, had many well-documented major depressions .
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However, disagreement exists about the role of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in treating major depression .
manic
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In manic or bipolar depression , bouts of depression alternate with periods of excessive elation or mania of similar length.
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Doctors have treated manic depression with lithium carbonate since the 1970s.
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The booklet deals with lithium, the drug used for manic depression .
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He still looked rather tired, having spent several weeks in hospital undergoing treatment for manic depression .
mild
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The doctor advises that insomnia with resultant irritability and even mild depression may occur.
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There are a number of lifestyle changes you can make to improve your chances of beating a mild depression .
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Cognitive impairment in children may follow milder postpartum depression and may be detectable four years after the resolution of maternal symptoms.
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She employed a relentless, deliberate, upward emotionalism that would have left Norman Vincent Peale feeling mild depression .
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Blanche finished almost every press conference or interview in a state of mild depression .
postnatal
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Maternity blues linked to platelet receptors TWO-THIRDS of women suffer from postnatal depression , accompanied by crying, confusion and tension.
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It may be that you have a form of postnatal depression that needs treatment.
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In the early weeks after I had him I suffered from postnatal depression .
severe
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What you can do Severe depression requires medical treatment, which may take several weeks to lift.
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The economy had suffered severe depression in the eariy 1960s and was having a hard time reviving.
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The most effective treatment before 1960 for severe and disabling depression was electro-convulsion therapy.
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She suffers from severe depression , alternating mania, which has been successfully stabilized over the years through medication and psychotherapy.
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He then began adding back one food per day and when he included instant coffee it produced another bout of severe depression .
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Unsuccessfully treated severe depression is a disease with a mortality rate similar to that of cancer.
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The improved treatment was investigated for patients whose only disorder was severe depression , and found to give much benefit.
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There was a short but severe depression following World War I.. Then came the vast disaster of the nineteen-thirties.
shallow
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The largest object for miles, dominating the shallow depression which is the valley of the Ancre, is the Thiepval Memorial.
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Rusty sediments pond in shallow depressions between the weathered gray curves of basalt pillows.
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The female makes the final choice and lays her eggs in the shallow depression .
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And on the other side, to the north, there was that shallow depression , the empty lot.
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A single downpour can rapidly transform a lifeless, shallow depression in the desert into a pool throbbing with life.
■ VERB
cause
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Whom should we therefore ban from public places for causing all the depression leading to so many suicides?
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But exactly that is true of women and men with variously caused depressions .
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And as Tavris has pointed out, chronic lower back pain can cause depression and irritability.
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This type of insomnia is caused most often by depression .
develop
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Isolated horses can develop depression , over-excitability or an inability to relate sensibly to other horses.
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Statistically, women are about two times more likely to develop a depression than men.
increase
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The apparent increasing prevalence of depression and mental-health disorders in ageing and socially fragmented urban populations.
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Among middle-class women, early marriage played a similar role in increasing risk of depression .
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Such conflicts may increase the risk of depression but be resolved by a subsequent change in employment status.
lead
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In turn this would result in bankruptcies, leading to a depression and unemployment.
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Other studies have found that yo-yo dieting inevitably leads to bingeing and depression .
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The experience often leads to depression and serious illness; indeed many people die shortly after retiring.
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In the long term production of serotonin is reduced, leading to depression most suicides have low serotonin levels.
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In others it may lead to depression .
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But such hopes should not overshadow any time alone to the extent that they lead to depression and lack of self appreciation.
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Coroner Colin Penna heard yesterday it was the job which led to his depression .
suffer
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In mitigation Ronald Coia said his client was suffering from deep depression because his business had failed.
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The economy had suffered severe depression in the eariy 1960s and was having a hard time reviving.
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Horses sometimes suffer depression on going to a new home.
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She suffers from severe depression , alternating mania, which has been successfully stabilized over the years through medication and psychotherapy.
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He was clearly suffering from reactive depression .
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Roosevelt himself suffered depression that he kept hidden even from those closest to him.
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One was suffering from deep depression , the other believed he was beginning to lose control of his mind.
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Two-thirds of depressed patients have family members who have suffered from depression .
treat
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The 21 year old had been treated for depression and had been prescribed tablets by his doctor on 15 occasions.
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Doctors have treated manic depression with lithium carbonate since the 1970s.
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She had been treated for depression .
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Unsuccessfully treated severe depression is a disease with a mortality rate similar to that of cancer.
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Classical music is used to treat trauma, depression , and anxiety.
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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
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Occasionally we all suffer from influenza or a bout of sickness, which naturally results in a drop in weight.
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Pablo Fernandez was suddenly stricken by a bout of flu.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a depression in the sand
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an economic depression
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Hartnell blamed his financial difficulties on the worldwide depression .
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He has been suffering from depression since his wife died last year.
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In Germany the depression in the late 1920s helped Hitler's rise to power.
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Keiffer's book is about her battle with depression .
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Mild symptoms of anxiety and depression are often associated with social difficulties.
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My father had suffered from severe depression for many years.
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She suffers from periods of deep depression , when she locks herself away and will speak to no one for weeks.
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The depressions in the sand are made by turtles, that come up here to lay their eggs.
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The family had a history of alcoholism and depression .
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You could see a depression in the ground where the helicopter had landed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Carcinoma, methadone, diabetes, depression , miscarriage and angina have poured down as unremittingly as the weather.
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Denial, anger, depression , something and acceptance.
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During the past few decades, prescription drugs have also been widely used to control the symptoms of depression .
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Produces a quick rush of euphoria followed by a rapid depression of mood.
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The nails had dug deeply into the palms, leaving bloodless, crescent-shaped depressions behind.
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This may involve dealing with depression , disappointment and many other feelings that have arisen since retirement.