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depression

[dih-presh-uhn] / dɪˈprɛʃ ən /




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They described dealing with panic attacks, anxiety, depression, gastrointestinal disorders and other stress-related illnesses.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Research has linked synchronized movement with social bonding and increased pain thresholds, while studies of dance and movement therapy have found benefits for depression, anxiety and interpersonal functioning.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

The most dramatic result involved isosteviol and duloxetine, an antidepressant prescribed to treat depression, anxiety, and certain types of chronic pain.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Some telehealth companies offer platforms through which patients interact with clinicians who can prescribe ketamine for use at home to treat depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Manic-depression was much cooler than actual depression, because you got the manic parts.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

She sees a nation that has endured wars, depressions and cultural upheavals, and she wonders what inner resources we must cultivate to endure what comes next.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

He added: “I know I could not have been so calm through depressions, inflations, banking and currency crises, wars and political disruptions.”

From MarketWatch Feb. 18, 2026

That era also coincided with a succession of financial crises that could have sparked serious economic depressions had they not been constrained by the regulatory mechanisms the New Deal had put in place.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2025

The SEC was established by Congress in the 1930s, in the midst of the Great Depression, to prevent the type of market manipulation and financial fraud that could help precipitate future depressions.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2024

At the graveyard, a few depressions, but otherwise the ground was filled with pine boughs the snow had brought down.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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