(psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
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major depressive episode::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | clinical depression, depression, depressive disorder |
| Has types | involutional depression, unipolar depression |
Examples of major depressive episode
major depressive episode
Think of a manic episode as the polar opposite of a major depressive episode.
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That profile tends to describe someone who is experiencing a major depressive episode.
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Yet most patients with CG don't meet the full criteria for a major depressive episode.
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Researchers had college students facing a major depressive episode begin exercise walking.
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My doctor initially had dx of major depressive episode with the possibility of bipolar.
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I was very, very, very angry with my first major depressive episode.
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That job lasted a whole three months before I fell into a major depressive episode with severe psychosis.
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So, with not nearly enough tools in her tool box at 16, she suffered her first major depressive episode.
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When a major depressive episode hits, that is where a lot of people get lost in trying to understand.
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