clinical depression

noun

1. Psychiatry. a depression so severe as to be considered abnormal, either because of no obvious environmental causes, or because the reaction to unfortunate life circumstances is more intense or prolonged than would generally be expected.

Example Sentences

Excerpts of her file were published by Dutch national newspaper Trouw and read like a sad story of clinical depression.

From The Daily Beast

As he grew older, a sadness was overtaken by clinical depression, and he makes a number of references to wishing himself dead.

From The Daily Beast

Besides genetics, perfectionism is the strongest predictor of clinical depression.

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Burnout is a real problem, with real downstream effects—poor employee performance, higher turnover, clinical depression.

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Now 30, she went on Prozac when she was still in high school to treat her clinical depression.

From The Daily Beast

Depression: Clinical depression is not simple sadness or grief.

From Project Gutenberg