neurotic depression

Definitions of neurotic depression
  1. noun
    a term used for any state of depression that is not psychotic
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    antonyms:
    psychotic depression
    a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments
    type of:
    clinical depression, depression, depressive disorder
    a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
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