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In everyday language "depression" refers to any downturn in mood, which may be transitory and perhaps due to something as trivial as your team losing. In the field of psychiatry depression can also have this meaning but more specifically refers to a mental illness when it has reached a severity and duration to warrant a diagnosis. There are several terms which describe different kinds of depressive illnesses:
- manic depression
- clinical depression
- endogenous depression
- reactive or neurotic depression
- atypical depression
- psychotic depression
External Links
- Mozilla Open Directory: Depression - categorized links relating to the topic of depression.
- A Buddhist View on Depression