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Depression has been defined as “a sinking of spirits [affect] so as to constitute a clinically discernible condition” (Stedman, 1982). In earlier times, it was called melancholia. It comprises two major types: (1) severe depression of mood associated with psychomotor retardation or agitation, self-reproach or guilt, as well as other symptoms, all of which occur in the apparent absence of a precipitating cause; (2) severe depression of mood associated directly with an intensely sad external situation, which is relieved by removal of the external situation. The former is referred to as endogenous depression and the latter as reactive depression.
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Maxwell, R.A., Eckhardt, S.B. (1990). Imipramine. In: Drug Discovery. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0469-5_10
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