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Hi doctors. how do i know if i have a chronic depression or just temporary?
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Timing : If you have had depression over the last 5-10 years, recurrently, you have had chronic depression. if it doesn't make much to send you sad, you might have it too. Temporary depression is something due to a stressor that happened in the last 3 months lasting no more than 3-6 months.
Answered 11/27/2017
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