clinical depression
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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
Mr. Macmillan doesn’t lose sight of the central truths about clinical depression: that the causes are often inscrutable, its persistence can be intractable, and temporary relief often leads only to recurrence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
But with these participants with clinical depression, we actually induced them to ruminate about negative thoughts and feelings before they went on the walk.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
It almost immediately emerged in media reports that Mr Eagleton had received electroshock treatment in hospital for clinical depression a decade earlier.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024
At the time, I had no knowledge of the grief process, clinical depression, or survivor’s guilt syndrome.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
