What is a more formal medical term for depression?

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2026-03-12 11:05

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Depression is the medical term for depression. But there are different types of depression depending on the particular constellation of symptoms.

For instance a few include:

Dysthymia - a long term low level of depression

Anhedonia - loss of a sense of pleasure

Cyclothymia - a milder form of bipolar

Major depressive disorder - what most lay people call depression

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