depression
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Molony plays her husband Dan, whose depression hangs heavily over the trip, as cracks in their marriage begin to show.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
These antidepressants are widely prescribed for moderate to severe depression and anxiety because they raise serotonin levels in the brain.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
Levi emerged from the translation, he wrote, “as if from an illness,” and Ms. Hruska suggests that the depression he sank into may have contributed to his death.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The Seafarers' Charity cites hypervigilance, burnout, fatigue, loneliness, depression and anxiety as some of the mental strains facing the 20,000 seafarers stranded by Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz since February 28.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn depression, fell damp on the embers of my decaying ire.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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