depression
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Evidence reviewed by psychologist Jane Piliavin found that helping others is associated with higher self-esteem, lower rates of depression, reduced school dropout rates, improved immune function, and even longer life expectancy.
From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026
“I can’t take the depression of the Knicks losing,” said Lavan, a 74-year-old finance executive from New Jersey.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Oh Sun-hwa, a nurse who recommended the doll to Bang, said she had seen it significantly ease depression among seniors living alone.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
But he was surprised by articles that said men could experience postpartum depression too.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
“I pray God to give us dry weather soon, for this is misery. I have never seen such depression of spirits as there is in the tent.”
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing depression
American History II
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The Great Depression and The New Deal
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