depressive
Americanadjective
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tending to cause depression.
depressive environmental factors.
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characterized by depression, especially mental depression.
noun
adjective
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tending to depress; causing depression
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psychol tending to be subject to periods of depression See also manic-depressive
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Psychological Conditions and Disorders
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Depressive symptoms were reduced even in participants who received only half of the prescribed yoga "dose," suggesting that heated yoga sessions just once a week could be beneficial.
From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2023
Helped by psychotherapy and medication, he became a spokesman for the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2022
None of these symptoms are included in the bible for mental health practitioners, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnosis criteria for Major Depressive Disorder, researchers reported.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021
Depressive symptoms can often occur in the first days and weeks after childbirth, due in part to the challenges of breastfeeding and the hormonal swings that follow pregnancy.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2018
But having treated him through many ups and downs, Lebensohn believed that William was “an extraordinarily intelligent man” with “Manic Depressive Illness.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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