depression
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Naomi Durnham, from Cardiff, experienced severe post-natal depression after the birth of her second daughter during the Covid pandemic.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
They also had higher rates of depression, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
Through it all, however, West struggled with depression and a sense of self-loathing, and had trouble with intimacy, much of it a by-product of a hardscrabble childhood in West Virginia with a domineering father.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
It merged with a part of Pfizer that owned off-patent former blockbuster drugs for cholesterol, impotence, arthritis, and depression.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Once again, he thought, the two children of the depression had fought the misery of past holidays by spending a modest fortune on their own children.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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