Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity. It affects more than 280 million people of all ages (about 3.5% of the global population)...

(alternatively known as clinical depression, unipolar depression, or major depression); and moods which cycle between mania and depression, known as bipolar disorder...

(MDD), also known as clinical depression, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of pervasive low mood, low self-esteem, and loss of...

or smartphone to track their mood/affect/emotion. Furthermore, mood swings not just fluctuate between mania and depression, but in some conditions, involve...

Look up depression, depress, or depressed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Depression may refer to: Depression (mood), a state of low mood and aversion...

previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that each last from...

postpartum depression is considered after signs and symptoms persist for at least two weeks. Persistent sadness, anxiousness, or "empty" mood Severe mood swings...

disorder. Mood stabilizers are best known for the treatment of bipolar disorder, preventing mood shifts to mania (or hypomania) and depression. Mood stabilizers...

certain types of moods. Long-term disturbances of mood such as clinical depression and bipolar disorder are considered mood disorders. Mood is an internal...

Diurnal mood variation or morning depression is a prominent depression symptom characterized by gradual mood improvement through the day, reaching its...

"double depression" is the occurrence of episodes of major depression in addition to dysthymia. Switching between periods of dysthymic moods and periods...

characterized by improved mood in response to positive events. In contrast to those with atypical depression, people with melancholic depression generally do not...

psychotic symptoms for at least two weeks without any mood symptoms present. Unipolar psychotic depression requires that psychotic symptoms occur during severe...

disorder that involves numerous periods of symptoms of depression and periods of symptoms of elevated mood. These symptoms, however, are not sufficient to indicate...

approaches to depression are attempts by evolutionary psychologists to use the theory of evolution to shed light on the problem of mood disorders within...

involves negative mood states such as subjective distress, fear, disgust, scorn, and hostility. Mood states that are specific to depression include sadness...

Guilt that is excessive Worse depressed mood in the morning Melancholic features apply to an episode of depression that occurs as part of either major depressive...

characterized by the following predominant symptoms: depressed mood, anxiety, mixed depression and anxiety, disturbance of conduct, mixed disturbance of emotions...

(BP-II) is a mood disorder on the bipolar spectrum, characterized by at least one episode of hypomania and at least one episode of major depression. Diagnosis...

differentiate between RBD with and without a history of other mood disorders (e.g. major depression). DSM-IV field trial estimated the lifetime of RBD only...

withdrawal and isolation, which further worsens the mood. Beck proposes that those with depression develop cognitive distortions, a type of cognitive bias...

track activities and the impact on the mood they create for a full week, with the intention of identifying depression loops.: 37  When patterns of dysfunctional...

representing a state of low mood Depression (mood), a state of low mood, also known as melancholy Major depressive disorder, a mood disorder historically called...

disorders are at a higher risk for depression. Childhood depression is often comorbid with mental disorders outside of other mood disorders, most commonly anxiety...

Retarded depression is a category of depression characterized by slow thinking and behavior (psychomotor retardation). It is contrasted with agitated depression...

Minor depressive disorder Recurrent brief depression Depressive personality disorder Depression (mood) Depression (disambiguation) This disambiguation page...

Episodes of substance-induced mood disorder due to the direct effects of a medication, or other somatic treatments for depression, substance use disorder,...

Minor depressive disorder, also known as minor depression, is a mood disorder that does not meet the full criteria for major depressive disorder but at...

Springtime lethargy is the state of fatigue, lowered energy, or depression associated with the onset of spring. Such a state may be caused by a normal...

first used as "mental depression," suggesting depression as essentially a mood or affect disorder. In modern times, depression, more often severe cases...