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Major depression: feeling of extreme sadness. See detailed information below for a list of 6 causes of Major depression, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Everyone gets the blues now and then. It’s part of life. But when there is little joy or pleasure... (Source: excerpt from Depression: NWHIC)
One or more periods of depression in the absence of history of manic or hypomanic episodes; chronic type lasts 2 or more years; melancholic type is more severe, has vegetative signs, and responds well to somatic therapy.
- (Source - CRISP)
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Medical Conditions associated with Major depression:
Depressive symptoms (629 causes), Psychiatric symptoms (971 causes), Mood symptoms (763 causes), Emotional symptoms (2080 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes)
Symptoms related to Major depression:
Chronic insomnia, Chronic fatigue syndrome (3 causes), Depression (629 causes), Dementia (394 causes), Renal failure (115 causes), Cirrhosis of liver (119 causes), Alzheimer's disease (2 causes), Cocaine abuse (2 causes), Huntington's disease (2 causes)
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