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depression
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depression noun debasement, decline, deflation, depreciation, despondence, despondency, dispiritedness, dolefulness, economic decline, gloom, lowering, lowness, maeror, sinking, slump
Associated concepts: economic depression
See also: anguish, curtailment, decrease, distress, pessimism, prostration
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There are two types of major depressive disorders, which are as follows: Melancholic depression Catatonic depression Dysthymic disorder: It is also called the dysthmia.
Different Types of Depression by michael russell / Psychology and mental health community
Melancholic depression is known to increase the activation of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis, which leads to a simultaneous activation of the sympathetic nervous system, Dr.
Data conflicting on depression-diabetes link by Evans, Jeff / Clinical Psychiatry News
He notes that both melancholic depression and stress involve a decrease in feeding and sexual behavior, a suppression of the immune system, a decrease in the body's regenerative processes and an increased breakdown of molecules that store energy in the body.
The depression-stress link by Vaughan, Christopher / Science News
 
 
 
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