clinical depression
Example Sentences
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No objective cutoff distinguishes ordinary worry from clinical anxiety, or grief from clinical depression.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Los Angeles and Tucson, Ariz. Despite many close friendships, especially with women, he was at heart a loner, conditioned, possibly, by clinical depression, for which he sought electroshock therapy even though it addled his brain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Rather than examining clinical depression, she reflects on the gentle melancholy many can relate to.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
And we found that the walk in nature was actually more beneficial to participants suffering from clinical depression than it was for our nonclinical samples.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
At the time, I had no knowledge of the grief process, clinical depression, or survivor’s guilt syndrome.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
