How to Use clinical depression in a Sentence

clinical depression

noun
  • Studies point out that people with clinical depression tend to hunch more than those who don’t.
    Thessaly La Force, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Also, for the first time, lifetime rates of clinical depression among Black and Hispanic adults matched or surpassed the rate among White adults.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • Tatlock had suffered from clinical depression and her death was ruled a suicide.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 July 2023
  • About a month ago, my husband John checked into Walter Reed to seek treatment for clinical depression.
    Gisele Barreto Fetterman, ELLE, 30 Mar. 2023
  • At the time, the student was receiving treatment for clinical depression and anxiety, the lawsuit said.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 24 July 2023
  • Fetterman had checked in six weeks prior to be treated for clinical depression.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Indeed, Cobain had long suffered from clinical depression, having been diagnosed with it in high school.
    Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Neurofeedback has also been used as a tool to treat clinical depression.
    Audrey Noble, Allure, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Princess Kate’s younger brother first spoke about navigating clinical depression in a 2019 op-ed for the Daily Mail, crediting his dog Ella as his strength during the darkest days.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • By this time, Tatlock was being treated for clinical depression.
    Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 22 July 2023
  • Lifetime rates of clinical depression are significantly higher among women, with rates rising twice as fast as in men.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • Hidalgo, who heads Harris County's governing body as the county judge, returned to work Monday after a nine-week leave of absence in order to be treated for clinical depression.
    Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The 53-years-old Democrat from Pennsylvania entered the hospital in mid-February after struggling with what an aide said was clinical depression that left him unable to take care of himself in basic ways, like eating or drinking.
    Siobhan Hughes, WSJ, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Fetterman was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 15 and will keep receiving treatment for clinical depression for the foreseeable future.
    Virginia Aabram, Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2023
  • John Fetterman: The Democrat of Pennsylvania checked out of a hospital six weeks after having admitted himself to be treated for clinical depression.
    Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • That, the paper says, is the point at which remaining miseries—bereavement, clinical depression, heartbreak, etc.—aren’t alleviated by more money.
    Trey Williams, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Fetterman was already struggling to adjust to Senate life when he was hospitalized in February for clinical depression.
    Brian Flood, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • As a student journalist, Milligan traveled to Amble in 1987 for an audio documentary that focused on clinical depression and swimming with dolphins.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Fetterman was discharged in March from inpatient treatment for clinical depression.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The contents of that briefcase encompass the majority of Fetterman’s connection to the outside world these days, as the first-term Democrat from Pennsylvania finishes his third week in the hospital being treated for severe clinical depression.
    Annie Karni, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The contents of that briefcase encompass the majority of Mr. Fetterman’s connection to the outside world these days, as the first-term Democrat from Pennsylvania finishes his third week in the hospital being treated for severe clinical depression.
    Annie Karni, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Lynch’s memoir documents her struggles with alcohol, clinical depression, and ADD.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Also returning to the Senate on Monday is Fetterman, who was hospitalized for clinical depression in February.
    Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Despite her success, Hidalgo has been battling clinical depression and experienced suicidal thoughts that led her to check herself into an inpatient treatment center in Ohio in July.
    Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Also important to note: Sometimes what feels or looks like caregiver burnout could be a more serious concern like depression or anxiety; other times, burnout that's not relieved can become clinical depression or an anxiety disorder.
    Cassie Shortsleeve, Parents, 21 May 2024
  • The law does not differentiate between mental illnesses that can be ameliorated with medication, such as schizophrenia, bipolar and clinical depression, and those that are incurable, such as dementia.
    Jessica Wapner, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Another, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, is in the hospital, seeking treatment for clinical depression.
    Ashraf Khalil, ajc, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman checked himself into a hospital for clinical depression, his chief of staff announced Thursday.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Fifty years later, when Fetterman’s office announced Thursday that the freshman senator had voluntarily sought treatment for clinical depression, the reaction was far different.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Fisher suggests people schedule an appointment with their primary care physician, or seek out a psychologist or psychiatrist to get evaluated for clinical depression.
    L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 30 June 2023

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