单词 | depression |
释义 | depressionde‧pres‧sion /dɪˈpreʃən/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun ![]() ![]() EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► recession Collocations a period when a country’s economic growth stops and there is less trade: · The industry has cut jobs due to the recession.· fears that the economy may be sliding into recession ► depression a long period during which there is a bad recession, so that there is very little business activity and a lot of people do not have jobs: · During the depression of the 1930s, as many as 20% of the population were jobless. ► slump a fairly short period when there is a reduction in business and many people lose their jobs: · The slump in the housing market is making it difficult for people to sell their homes. ► slowdown a period when there is a reduction in business activity, that may be the start of a recession: · High prices could tip the slowdown in the US into a world recession. ► downturn a period during which there is a reduction in business activity and economic conditions become worse, when before the economy was growing: · Public spending may reduce the effects of the downturn. ► crash an occasion when the value of stocks and shares on a stock market falls suddenly and by a large amount, causing economic problems: · The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was disastrous for not only the American economy, but for the world economy. ► sadness a sad feeling, caused especially when a happy time is ending, or when you feel sorry about someone else’s unhappiness: · Charles felt a great sense of sadness and loss.· I noticed a little sadness in her eyes. ► unhappiness the unhappy feeling you have when you are in a very difficult or unpleasant situation, especially when this lasts for a long time: · After years of unhappiness, she finally decided to leave him.· She was a tense, nervous young woman, whose deep unhappiness was obvious to all those around her.· You do not know how much pain and unhappiness you have caused. ► sorrow written the feeling of being very sad, especially because someone has died or because terrible things have happened to you: · There seemed to be nowhere to go to be alone with her sorrow.· His heart was filled with great sorrow after her death. ► misery great unhappiness, caused especially by living or working in very bad conditions: · The cold weather is with us again and the misery of the homeless is increasing.· Thousands of families were destined to a life of misery.· The misery and pain he caused were, for him, merely a measure of his success. ► despair a feeling of great unhappiness, because very bad things have happened and you have no hope that anything will change: · At the end of the month, she still had no job and was tired, frustrated, and close to despair. ► grief great sadness that you feel when someone you love has died: · He was overcome with grief when his wife died. ► heartache a strong feeling of great sadness, especially because you miss someone you love: · She remembered the heartache of the first Christmas spent away from her sons. ► depression a mental illness that makes someone feel so unhappy that they have no energy or hope for the future, and they cannot live a normal life: · He slipped into a depression in which he hardly ate or even left his room. ► despondency formal a feeling of being very unhappy and without hope: · She felt useless, and this contributed to her despondency. ► melancholy literary a feeling of sadness, that you feel even though there is no particular reason for it: · Modigliani expressed his melancholy through his painting. Longman Language Activatora time when an economy is not successful► recession a period when a country's economic growth stops and there is less trade, so that many companies have to reduce the number of workers they employ: · The car industry, like most other industries, is feeling the effects of the recession.severe recession (=very bad recession): · In times of severe recession companies are often forced to make massive job cuts in order to survive.in recession (=suffering from a recession): · The economy is in recession and will remain so for at least another year. ► slump a period when there is a big reduction in trade so that many companies fail and a lot of people lose their jobs: · The post-war slump sent the unemployment figures to twice the expected level.slump in: · The slump in the property market is making it difficult for people to sell their homes. ► depression a period of time continuing for several years when greatly reduced business activity severely affects a country's economic growth, and a lot of people lose their jobs - use this especially when this affects many countries across the world: · In Germany the depression in the late 1920s helped Hitler's rise to power.· Hartnell blamed his financial difficulties on the worldwide depression. ► crash a sudden and unexpected fall in the value of shares in companies, with the result that many companies have to close and a lot of people lose their jobs: · Luckily, I sold my shares just before the crash.· The Wall Street Crash was disastrous for many American businessmen.stock market crash (=crash in the organizations that buy and sell shares in companies): · The stock market crash made me suspicious of those types of insurance schemes. a place on a surface that is lower than the rest► dip a place where the surface of the ground goes down suddenly: dip in: · The boy fell off his bicycle when he went over a dip in the road too fast. ► indentation a place or area in a hard surface that is slightly lower than the rest of the surface, especially caused by something pressing hard on it: indentation in: · The X-rays showed a slight indentation in the man's skull.· She gently made an indentation in the centre of each cookie. ► depression an area, especially of the ground, that is slightly lower than the area around it, caused by something heavy pressing on it: depression in: · You could see a depression in the ground where the helicopter had landed.· The depressions in the sand are made by turtles, that come up here to lay their eggs. ► dent a place in the surface of something, especially metal, that is slightly lower because something has hit it accidentally: · The picture frame came with scratches, dents and marks that make it look old.dent in: · Emma backed into a tree, leaving a dent in the car's rear bumper. mental illness► mental illness an illness of the mind: · Depression is a mental illness and can often be treated with drugs.· He had a history of mental illness and alcoholism.suffer from (a) mental illness: · SANELINE is the first helpline for people suffering from mental illness. ► madness especially British serious and permanent mental illness - used especially in literature, but not used in official or medical contexts: · By the end of the book, Peter's addiction has led him to madness and suicide.feign madness (=pretend to be mad): · Some prisoners feigned madness so that they would be released. ► insanity formal serious and permanent mental illness - use this especially in legal contexts or in descriptions of people who lived in the past: · Hearing voices inside your head is a common symptom of insanity.· Hodge was found not guilty by reason of insanity. ► disorder formal a mental illness - used especially by doctors: personality/mood disorder: · Children who suffer from personality disorders often receive little or no treatment until it's too late.psychiatric/mental disorder: · There was no evidence of her having a psychiatric disorder, although it was clear that she had become withdrawn since the breakup of her relationship. ► depression a mental illness which makes you so anxious and unhappy that you cannot live a normal life: suffer from depression: · He has been suffering from depression since his wife died last year.deep/severe depression: · She suffers from periods of deep depression, when she locks herself away and will speak to no one for weeks. ► senility a mental illness that affects old people and makes them unable to think clearly and become confused very easily : · Of all the associated problems to do with getting old, senility is the one she dreads most. a sad feeling► sadness a sad feeling, caused especially when a happy time is ending, or when you feel sorry about someone else's unhappiness: · Her eyes were full of sadness.with (great) sadness: · I remembered with great sadness all the friends I had left behind.sense of sadness: · After her death, Charles felt a great sense of sadness and loss. ► unhappiness the unhappy feeling you have when you are in a very difficult or unpleasant situation: · After years of unhappiness, she finally decided to leave him.· There is no doubt that unhappiness contributes to ill health.· You've no idea what unhappiness you cause your parents when you say that you want to leave home. ► grief especially written great sadness that you feel when someone you love has died: · Thousands of people sent floral tributes as an expression of their grief.· He was overcome with grief when his wife died. ► depression a mental illness that makes someone feel so unhappy that they have no energy or hope for the future, and they cannot live a normal life: · The family had a history of alcoholism and depression.· Mild symptoms of anxiety and depression are often associated with social difficulties.deep/severe depression: · My father had suffered from severe depression for many years. ► the blues a feeling of sadness that is not very serious, that you get sometimes for no particular reason: get/have the blues: · I often get the blues in February, before the spring arrives.a fit of the blues: · It's very common for new mothers to have a fit of the blues after giving birth.the Monday/post-Christmas etc blues: · Most people know what it's like to have the Monday morning blues. ► misery great unhappiness, caused especially by living or working in very bad conditions: · The high interest rates caused misery for millions of people.the misery of something/somebody: · He talked openly about the misery of his marriage.· We cannot ignore the misery of the people in this country who are forced to live on the streets. ► melancholy written a feeling of sadness, especially one that continues for a long time: · He was a strange man, prone to melancholy and bouts of drinking.· Jake was fourteen and suffering from adolescent melancholy. ► sorrow written the feeling of being very sad, especially because someone has died or because terrible things have happened to you: · deep/great sorrow: · The deep sorrow she felt was obvious in the expression of her face.in sorrow: · He turned quickly away, more in sorrow than in anger.to somebody's sorrow: · Six weeks later we heard, to our great sorrow, that he had died. ► heartache a feeling of unhappiness and worry, that often continues for a long time and is usually caused by problems in your personal life and relationships: · Her relationship with Tyler had brought her a great deal of heartache.· Being unpopular at school can cause real heartache to children of any age.save/spare (somebody) a lot of heartache (=stop someone worrying and feeling unhappy): · If she had simply called them, her parents would have been spared a lot of heartache. ► despondency formal a feeling of unhappiness, especially because you have been very disappointed and feel that you cannot change a situation: · Robyn walked away from the hospital with a feeling of despondency.· The sense of well-being of the 1980s was replaced by a mood of despondency.gloom/doom and despondency: · The atmosphere amongst the workers was one of gloom and despondency. ► despair a feeling of great unhappiness, because very bad things have happened and you have no hope that anything will change: · I could see hunger, exhaustion and despair in their eyes.· There was a mood of despair about the quality of urban and industrial life.in despair: · Left all alone in her room, she was in despair.the depths of despair: · It seems that he had reached the depths of despair, and he finally took his own life. WORD SETS► Illness & Disabilityabscess, nounache, verbache, nounacne, nounagoraphobia, nounagoraphobic, nounague, noun-aholic, suffixAIDS, nounailment, nounairsick, adjectivealbino, nounalcoholic, nounalcoholism, nounallergic, adjectiveallergy, nounamnesia, nounamputee, nounanaemia, nounanaemic, adjectiveangina, nounanorexia, nounanorexic, adjectiveantacid, nounanthrax, nounantibody, nounantidepressant, nounantidote, nounantigen, nounantihistamine, nounanti-inflammatory, adjectiveantitoxin, nounapoplectic, adjectiveapoplexy, nounappendicitis, nounarteriosclerosis, nounarthritis, nounaseptic, adjectiveaspirin, nounasthma, nounastigmatism, nounasymptomatic, adjectiveathlete's foot, nounatrophy, verbauto-immune disease, nounAyurvedic medicine, nounbaby blues, nounbacillus, nounbackache, nounbark, verbbattle fatigue, nounBCG, nounbedridden, adjectivebedsore, nounbed-wetting, nounbellyache, nounbenign, adjectiveberiberi, nounbespectacled, adjectivebetter, adjectivebilious, adjectivebinge, verbbiopsy, nounbirthmark, nounbite, verbbite, nounblack and blue, adjectiveBlack Death, the, black eye, nounblackout, nounbleed, verbbleeding, nounblind, verbblister, nounblister, verbblood bank, nounblood donor, nounblood poisoning, nounbloodshot, adjectiveblood transfusion, nounbloody, adjectivebloody, verbblue baby, nounboil, nounbotulism, nounbrain damage, nounbreakdown, nounbronchitis, nounbruise, nounbruise, verbBSE, nounbubonic plague, nounbug, nounbulimia, nounbump, nounbunion, nounbuzz, verbcalloused, adjectivecallus, nouncancer, nouncandida, nouncanker, nouncarbuncle, nouncarcinogen, nouncarcinogenic, adjectivecarcinoma, nouncardiac, adjectivecardiovascular, adjectivecaries, nouncarpal tunnel syndrome, nouncarrier, nouncarry, verbcarsick, adjectivecast, nouncasualty, nouncataract, nouncatarrh, nouncatatonic, adjectivecatching, adjectivecauliflower ear, nouncerebral palsy, nouncertify, verbcervical smear, nounchapped, adjectivecharley horse, nounchemotherapy, nounchesty, adjectivechicken pox, nounchilblains, nounChinese medicine, nouncholera, nounchronic, adjectivecirrhosis, nounCJD, nouncleanse, verbcleft palate, nounclinic, nounclinical, adjectiveclub foot, nouncold, nouncold sore, nouncolic, nouncolitis, nouncollapse, verbcolour-blind, adjectivecoma, nouncommon cold, nouncommon denominator, nouncommunicate, verbcomplaint, nouncomplicate, verbcomplication, nouncompound fracture, nounconcuss, verbconcussion, nouncondition, nouncongenital, adjectivecongested, adjectiveconjunctivitis, nounconstipation, nounconsumption, nounconsumptive, nouncontagion, nouncontagious, adjectivecontinent, adjectivecontract, verbcontusion, nounconvalesce, verbconvulsion, nouncorn, nouncortisone, nouncot death, nouncough, nounCPR, nouncrack-up, nouncramp, nounCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease, nouncrick, nouncrick, verbcripple, nouncripple, verbcross-eyed, adjectivecroup, nouncurable, adjectivecut, nouncyst, nouncystic fibrosis, nouncystitis, noundecompression sickness, noundeep 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nounendoscope, nounenervate, verbenteritis, nounepidemic, nounepilepsy, nounepileptic, adjectiveepileptic, nounetiology, nounexcruciating, adjectiveexposure, nouneyeless, adjectiveeye strain, nounfail, verbfaint, nounfester, verbfever, nounfever blister, nounfevered, adjectivefeverish, adjectivefirst aid, nounfit, nounflat feet, nounflat-footed, adjectiveflu, nounfood poisoning, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounfracture, verbfracture, nounfrostbite, noungall, noungammy, adjectiveganglion, noungangrene, noungas, noungash, noungastric, adjectivegastritis, noungastroenteritis, nounGerman measles, nounget, verbgingivitis, nounglandular fever, nounglaucoma, noungnarled, adjectivegonorrhea, noungout, noungrand mal, noungraze, verbgraze, noungriping, adjectivegroggy, adjectivegrowing pains, noungrowth, noungush, verbgynaecology, nounhacking cough, nounhaemophilia, nounhaemophiliac, nounhaemorrhage, nounhaemorrhage, verbhaemorrhoids, nounhalitosis, nounhandicap, nounhandicapped, adjectivehangover, nounhard of hearing, adjectiveharelip, nounhay fever, nounheadache, nounhealth, nounheart attack, nounheartburn, nounheart disease, nounheart failure, nounheat exhaustion, nounheat rash, nounheatstroke, nounheave, verbhepatitis, nounhernia, nounherpes, nounHIV, nounhormone replacement therapy, nounhospital, nounhospitalize, verbhot flush, nounhousebound, adjectiveHRT, nounhump, nounhumpback, nounhunchback, nounhungover, adjectivehydrophobia, nounhypertension, nounhypothermia, nounhysterectomy, nounhysteria, nounhysterical, adjectiveillness, nounimmune, adjectiveimmune system, nounimmunity, nounimmunize, verbimmunology, nounimpacted, adjectiveimpediment, nounimpetigo, nounimpotent, adjectiveincision, nounincontinent, adjectiveincubate, verbincurable, adjectiveindigestion, nounindisposed, adjectiveindisposition, nouninfantile, adjectiveinfantile paralysis, nouninfect, verbinfected, adjectiveinfection, nouninfectious, adjectiveinfirmity, nouninflammation, nouninflammatory, adjectiveinfluenza, nouninfusion, nouningrowing, adjectiveinoculate, verbinoperable, adjectiveinsane, adjectiveinsanity, nouninsomnia, nouninsomniac, nouninstability, nounintensive care, nounintravenous, adjectiveinvalid, nouninvalidity, nouninvasive, adjectiveirregular, adjectiveirritable bowel syndrome, nounirritant, nounirritate, verbirritated, adjectiveirritation, noun-ism, suffixisolation, nounjaundice, nounjaundiced, adjectivejet lag, nounknock-kneed, adjectiveknotted, adjectivelaceration, nounlaryngitis, nounlegionnaire's disease, nounleper, nounleprosy, nounlesion, nounleukemia, nounlisp, nounlisteria, nounliverish, adjectivelockjaw, nounlong-sighted, adjectiveloose, adjectivelozenge, nounlumbago, nounlunacy, nounLyme disease, nounmad cow disease, nounmalady, nounmalaise, nounmalaria, nounmalformation, nounmalignancy, nounmalignant, adjectivemalnourished, adjectivemalnutrition, nounmange, nounmangy, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmastitis, nounME, nounmeasles, nounmedicinal, adjectivemegalomania, nounmegalomaniac, nounmelancholia, nounmelancholic, adjectivemelanoma, nounmend, verbmeningitis, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemigraine, nounmild, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmole, nounmongol, nounmono, nounmononucleosis, nounmorbid, adjectivemorning sickness, nounmoron, nounmotion sickness, nounmotor neurone disease, nounMRI, nounMRSA, nounMS, nounmultiple sclerosis, nounmumps, nounmurmur, nounmusclebound, adjectivemuscular dystrophy, nounmute, adjectivemute, nounmyopia, nounmyopic, adjectivemyxomatosis, nounnarcolepsy, nounnausea, nounnauseate, verbnauseous, adjectivenearsighted, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnettle rash, nounneuralgia, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectivenosebleed, nounnotifiable, adjectiveNSU, nounobesity, nounoff-colour, adjectiveoperate, verboperation, nounophthalmic, adjectiveophthalmology, noun-osis, suffixosteoarthritis, nounosteopathy, nounosteoporosis, nounoutpatient, nounoverbite, nounpacemaker, nounpaediatrics, nounpale, adjectivepallid, adjectivepallor, nounpalpitate, verbpalpitations, nounpalsy, nounpandemic, nounparalyse, verbparalysed, adjectiveparalysis, nounparalytic, adjectiveparalytic, nounparanoia, nounparaplegia, nounparaplegic, nounparasitic, adjectiveParkinson's disease, nounparoxysm, nounpasty, adjectivepasty-faced, adjectivepathogen, nounpathological, adjectivepathology, nounpeaked, adjectivepeaky, adjectivepellagra, nounpeptic ulcer, nounperforated, adjectiveperiod pain, nounperitonitis, nounpernicious anaemia, nounpersecution complex, nounpestilence, nounpestilential, adjectivepetit mal, nounpharyngitis, nounphlebitis, nounphlegm, noun-phobic, suffixphysiotherapy, nounpigeon-toed, adjectivepins and needles, nounplacebo, nounplague, nounplaque, nounplaster cast, nounpleurisy, nounPMS, nounPMT, nounpneumonia, nounpockmark, nounpockmarked, adjectivepoisoning, nounpolio, nounpolyp, nounpoor, adjectivepost-traumatic stress disorder, nounpremenstrual tension, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpreventive medicine, nounprickle, verbprickly heat, nounprognosis, nounprolapse, nounprophylactic, adjectiveprophylactic, nounprophylaxis, nounpsoriasis, nounpsychopath, nounpsychosis, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepsychotic, adjectivepuffy, adjectivepull, verbpurulent, adjectivepus, nounpustule, nounqueasy, adjectiverabid, adjectiverabies, nounradiation sickness, nounradiography, nounrash, nounraw, adjectivereact, verbreaction, nounreceive, verbrecuperate, verbrecuperative, adjectiveregurgitate, verbrelapse, verbremission, nounrepetitive strain injury, nounresistance, nounrespond, verbretch, verbRhesus factor, nounrheumatic, adjectiverheumatic fever, nounrheumatism, nounrheumatoid arthritis, nounrickets, nounringworm, nounRSI, nounrubella, nounrun-down, adjectiverunny, adjectiverupture, nounsaddle-sore, adjectivesalmonella, nounscab, nounscabby, adjectivescabies, nounscald, verbscald, nounscaly, adjectivescar, nounscar, verbscarlet fever, nounschizophrenia, nounsciatica, nounsclerosis, nounscrape, verbscrape, nounscratch, nounscurvy, nounseasick, adjectiveseizure, nounself-examination, nounsenile, adjectivesenile dementia, nounsenseless, adjectivesepsis, nounseptic, adjectivesepticaemia, nounserum, nounset, verbsexually transmitted disease, nounshell shock, nounshell-shocked, adjectiveshingles, nounshock, nounshort-sighted, adjectivesickle-cell anaemia, nounsickly, adjectivesickness, nounside effect, nounsightless, adjectivesimple fracture, nounsleeping sickness, nounslipped disc, nounsmallpox, nounsnakebite, nounsnow blindness, nounsore, adjectivesore, nounspastic, adjectivespecial needs, nounspecimen, nounspina bifida, nounsprain, verbsputum, nounsquint, verbsquint, nounstammer, nounstarvation, nounstarve, verbSTD, nounstomachache, nounstone, nounstrain, nounstrain, verbstrangulated, adjectivestrep throat, nounstroke, nounsty, nounsuccumb, verbsufferer, nounsunstroke, nounsuperbug, nounsurgical, adjectiveswelling, nounswollen, adjectivesymptom, nounsymptomatic, adjectivesyndrome, nounsyphilis, nounTB, nountear, verbtetanus, nountherapeutic, adjectivetherapy, nounthrombosis, nounthrush, nountic, nountight, adjectivetingle, verbtinnitus, nountipsy, adjectivetonsillitis, nountoothache, nountorment, nountourniquet, nountoxaemia, nountoxic shock syndrome, nountraction, nountransfusion, nountrauma, nountravel sickness, nountreatment, nountremor, nountuberculosis, nountumour, nountunnel vision, nountwinge, nountwitch, nountyphoid, nountyphus, nounulcer, nounulcerate, verbultrasound, noununderweight, adjectiveundressed, adjectiveunhealthy, adjectiveuntreated, adjectivevaccinate, verbvaccine, nounvaricose veins, nounVD, nounvenereal disease, nounverruca, nounvertigo, nounviral, adjectivevirology, nounvirulent, adjectivevomit, verbvomit, nounwart, nounweak, adjectiveweal, nounweep, verbwheeze, verbwheeze, nounwheezy, adjectivewhiplash, nounwhooping cough, nounwind, nounwithered, adjectivewound, nounwrench, verbwriter's cramp, nounyaws, nounyeast infection, nounyellow fever, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► post-natal depression Phrases![]() ![]() ![]() (=says what illness someone has)· The doctor diagnosed malaria. ► postnatal depression![]() · He suffered from severe depression when he was younger. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► chronic· In fact, she returned to Kensington Palace for professional treatment for her chronic depression.· Since his resignation, Smith has suffered chronic headaches, depression and insomnia, according to the lawsuit.· Was it low blood-sugar or merely chronic depression?· His natural father has a long list of problems, all of which are transmitted genetically, such as chronic depression. ► clinical· Similar definitions apply to osteoporosis or clinical depression.· Of those who commit suicide, 60 percent suffer from clinical depression, Quinnett claims.· Another important symptom of clinical depression is loss of the capacity to love.· Four of five people with clinical depression can improve and resume daily activity, usually within weeks.· There is, however, abundant evidence that many patients vulnerable to clinical depression have a constitutional deficit of serotonin.· One assumes other factors were at work, perhaps clinical depression, so that the medal controversy precipitated his decision.· Darlington magistrates were told Mr Siddle had been suffering from clinical depression triggered by business problems.· I can give you clinical depression. ► deep· In mitigation Ronald Coia said his client was suffering from deep depression because his business had failed.· The acclaimed restaurant closed its doors a few months ago, sending many a fan into deep depression.· And it was not all deep depression yesterday, with the likes of Boots and Morgan Grenfell in fine form.· Spectacular Soviet successes in rocketry, beginning with Sputnik, sent the United States into a deep emotional depression.· He felt a sudden deep wave of depression, coupled with uncertainty.· And now it had been in a deep economic depression for years.· One was suffering from deep depression, the other believed he was beginning to lose control of his mind.· The deep depressions and worn, flattened rug fields revealed where he lifted iron and where he did his thousands of situps. ► economic· And now it had been in a deep economic depression for years.· Did unemployment, economic depression and the General Strike reduce trade unionism to a pitiful weakness?· We feel there will be an economic depression.· The country was in the grip of economic depression, and in June 1921 there were more than two million out of work.· The disorder was aggravated by the economic depression of the 1930s.· Churchill's move to the Board of Trade in 1908 coincided with the return of acute economic depression.· The same regions that once benefited from growth in these industries have, subsequently, suffered economic decline and depression. ► great· The research now available shows that crime tripled between the two world wars, particularly at the time of the great depression.· Treatment of blacks altered slightly with the great depression of the thirties and the economic boom of the wartime forties.· The last great depression took Orwell out on to the road, on a quest for the meanings of mass poverty.· The great agrarian depression of the 1870s and 1880s was thus essentially a depression of the staple national and international food-crops.· As the thirties was our last great depression it commands comparison with the great depression of the eighties.· The great enemy is depression - this must be overcome by giving him as much help and support as possible. ► major· Halmi etal, found a lifetime prevalence of 68% for major depression in a sample of severely ill anorexia nervosa patients.· Some students may write about the avoidance of a major depression, others about the decision to focus on high employment.· Whether such a process can operate on a large enough scale to produce major oasis depressions is more doubtful.· In addition the study populations were heterogeneous despite all meeting the criteria for major depression.· Abraham Lincoln, too, had many well-documented major depressions.· However, disagreement exists about the role of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in treating major depression. ► manic· In manic or bipolar depression, bouts of depression alternate with periods of excessive elation or mania of similar length.· Doctors have treated manic depression with lithium carbonate since the 1970s.· The booklet deals with lithium, the drug used for manic depression.· He still looked rather tired, having spent several weeks in hospital undergoing treatment for manic depression. ► mild· The doctor advises that insomnia with resultant irritability and even mild depression may occur.· There are a number of lifestyle changes you can make to improve your chances of beating a mild depression.· Cognitive impairment in children may follow milder postpartum depression and may be detectable four years after the resolution of maternal symptoms.· She employed a relentless, deliberate, upward emotionalism that would have left Norman Vincent Peale feeling mild depression.· Blanche finished almost every press conference or interview in a state of mild depression. ► postnatal· Maternity blues linked to platelet receptors TWO-THIRDS of women suffer from postnatal depression, accompanied by crying, confusion and tension.· It may be that you have a form of postnatal depression that needs treatment.· In the early weeks after I had him I suffered from postnatal depression. ► severe· What you can do Severe depression requires medical treatment, which may take several weeks to lift.· The economy had suffered severe depression in the eariy 1960s and was having a hard time reviving.· The most effective treatment before 1960 for severe and disabling depression was electro-convulsion therapy.· She suffers from severe depression, alternating mania, which has been successfully stabilized over the years through medication and psychotherapy.· He then began adding back one food per day and when he included instant coffee it produced another bout of severe depression.· Unsuccessfully treated severe depression is a disease with a mortality rate similar to that of cancer.· The improved treatment was investigated for patients whose only disorder was severe depression, and found to give much benefit.· There was a short but severe depression following World War I.. Then came the vast disaster of the nineteen-thirties. ► shallow· The largest object for miles, dominating the shallow depression which is the valley of the Ancre, is the Thiepval Memorial.· Rusty sediments pond in shallow depressions between the weathered gray curves of basalt pillows.· The female makes the final choice and lays her eggs in the shallow depression.· And on the other side, to the north, there was that shallow depression, the empty lot.· A single downpour can rapidly transform a lifeless, shallow depression in the desert into a pool throbbing with life. VERB► cause· Whom should we therefore ban from public places for causing all the depression leading to so many suicides?· But exactly that is true of women and men with variously caused depressions.· And as Tavris has pointed out, chronic lower back pain can cause depression and irritability.· This type of insomnia is caused most often by depression. ► develop· Isolated horses can develop depression, over-excitability or an inability to relate sensibly to other horses.· Statistically, women are about two times more likely to develop a depression than men. ► increase· The apparent increasing prevalence of depression and mental-health disorders in ageing and socially fragmented urban populations.· Among middle-class women, early marriage played a similar role in increasing risk of depression.· Such conflicts may increase the risk of depression but be resolved by a subsequent change in employment status. ► lead· In turn this would result in bankruptcies, leading to a depression and unemployment.· Other studies have found that yo-yo dieting inevitably leads to bingeing and depression.· The experience often leads to depression and serious illness; indeed many people die shortly after retiring.· In the long term production of serotonin is reduced, leading to depression most suicides have low serotonin levels.· In others it may lead to depression.· But such hopes should not overshadow any time alone to the extent that they lead to depression and lack of self appreciation.· Coroner Colin Penna heard yesterday it was the job which led to his depression. ► suffer· In mitigation Ronald Coia said his client was suffering from deep depression because his business had failed.· The economy had suffered severe depression in the eariy 1960s and was having a hard time reviving.· Horses sometimes suffer depression on going to a new home.· She suffers from severe depression, alternating mania, which has been successfully stabilized over the years through medication and psychotherapy.· He was clearly suffering from reactive depression.· Roosevelt himself suffered depression that he kept hidden even from those closest to him.· One was suffering from deep depression, the other believed he was beginning to lose control of his mind.· Two-thirds of depressed patients have family members who have suffered from depression. ► treat· The 21 year old had been treated for depression and had been prescribed tablets by his doctor on 15 occasions.· Doctors have treated manic depression with lithium carbonate since the 1970s.· She had been treated for depression.· Unsuccessfully treated severe depression is a disease with a mortality rate similar to that of cancer.· Classical music is used to treat trauma, depression, and anxiety.· However, disagreement exists about the role of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in treating major depression. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the (Great) Depression Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivedepresseddepressingdepressantdepressivenoundepressiondepressantdepressiveverbdepressadverbdepressingly 1[countable, uncountable] a)a medical condition that makes you very unhappy and anxious and often prevents you from living a normal life: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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