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depressive

[dih-pres-iv] / dɪˈprɛs ɪv /








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Four trials focused on people with major depressive disorder, while one involved participants with bipolar disorder who were experiencing a depressive episode.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

People with a bipolar disorder diagnosis more commonly experience depressive episodes.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

But in the 1985 novel told from his point of view, he’s reborn as a rock star, emerging from a long, depressive slumber just in time to seduce the MTV generation.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

Bristol Crown Court also heard Glowka, who grew up in Poland before moving to the UK in the early 1990s, had a recurrent depressive disorder.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

And two of those days were for a depressive episode after a fall in Bowdle, South Dakota, essentially the halfway point.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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