depressive
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People with a bipolar disorder diagnosis more commonly experience depressive episodes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
"Between attentional biases and depressive symptoms, we looked at the way that they were mutually predicting one another across the time points, which is especially novel and hasn't been done before."
From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026
But in the 1985 novel told from his point of view, he’s reborn as a rock star, emerging from a long, depressive slumber just in time to seduce the MTV generation.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
Bristol Crown Court also heard Glowka, who grew up in Poland before moving to the UK in the early 1990s, had a recurrent depressive disorder.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The added depressive effect of the organic phosphate may then be enough to precipitate acute symptoms.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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