clinical depression
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No objective cutoff distinguishes ordinary worry from clinical anxiety, or grief from clinical depression.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Los Angeles and Tucson, Ariz. Despite many close friendships, especially with women, he was at heart a loner, conditioned, possibly, by clinical depression, for which he sought electroshock therapy even though it addled his brain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
The researchers checked whether the young patients had been formally diagnosed with some form of clinical depression.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024
Masursky cited numerous mental health issues Dervish dealt with including psychosis, autism with schizoid features and clinical depression.
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024
Nancy began to think that he was in a clinical depression.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
