Definition of Major depressive episode

1. Noun. (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction.

Category relationships: Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, Psychopathology
Generic synonyms: Clinical Depression, Depression, Depressive Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Involutional Depression, Unipolar Depression

Lexicographical Neighbors of Major Depressive Episode

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