Lexic.us

Definition of Reactive depression

1. Noun. An inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief).

Medical Definition of Reactive depression

1. A psychological state occasioned directly by an intensely sad external situation (frequently loss of a loved person), relieved by the removal of the external situation (e.g., reunion with a loved person). (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reactive Depression

Literary usage of Reactive depression

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Drug Abuse Curriculum for Employee Assistance Program Professionalsby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The brief history, however, suggested recent abuse secondary to unresolved grief and potentially reactive depression. Mr. Riveria is socially stable and ..."

2. The Modern Treatment of Nervous and Mental Diseases by William Alanson White, Smith Ely Jelliffe (1913)
"... bin which soon transgresses the physiologic bounds either in duration or intensity, and therefore merits the name of "reactive depression. ..."

3. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"This reactive depression seldom requires pharmacological management unless it interferes with treatment. Intervention of the rehabilitation team generally ..."

4. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1919)
"... on the manic phase mention is made of the fact that the convalescence from that psychosis is not infrequently characterized by a reactive depression, ..."

5. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1914)
"... on the manic phase mention is made of the fact that the convalescence from that psychosis is not infrequently characterized by a reactive depression, ..."

6. Nervous and mental diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1911)
"... on the manic phase mention is made of the fact that the convalescence from that psychosis is not infrequently characterized by a reactive depression, ..."

7. Treatment of Drug Dependent Individuals with Comorbid Mental Disorders edited by Lisa S. Onken, Jack D. Blaine, Sander Genser, Arthur M. Horton (1998)
"That is, "reactive" depression and anxiety may permanently remit once the target disorder is treated, whereas more independent comorbid diagnoses may ..."

Other Resources: