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How can clinical depression be different from having the blues?
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Sadness vs. worse: Having the blues means feeling down or being in a bad mood after a hard day or grieving the loss of someone. Clinical depression means that a person has a very low mood and/or has lost interest in pleasurable things, sleeps more or not enough, lost appetite or over-eats, is hopeless, has suicidal thoughts no matter what the circumstances are. Blues can pass clinical depression needs treatment.
Answered 5/18/2014
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Depression: Typically the severity and duration are what make clinical depression different.
Answered 9/16/2013
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