retarded depression

Other forms: retarded depressions

Definitions of retarded depression
  1. noun
    a state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action
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    type of:
    clinical depression, depression, depressive disorder
    a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
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