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Great Depression
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...Great Depression, in U.S. history, the severe economic crisis generally...shared the basic characteristics of other such crises (see depression), the Great Depression was unprecedented in its length and in the wholesale poverty and......
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depression (in psychiatry)
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...depression, in psychiatry, a symptom of mood...unipolar disorder, also called major depression, and bipolar disorder, whose sufferers...bipolar disorder). Other types of depression are recognized, with characteristics......
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depression (in economics)
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...depression, in economics, period of economic...continues long enough, it can turn into a depression. Neither term has ever been distinctly...regarded by economists as indicative of a depression include a 10% decrease in per-capita......
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Qattara Depression
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...Qattara Depression (kätär´ə) or Munkhafad al-Qattarah (mŏŏngkhäfäd´ äl-kät-tärä´), desert basin, c.7,000 sq mi (18......
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bipolar disorder
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......formerly manic-depressive disorder or manic-depression, severe mental disorder involving manic episodes that are usually accompanied by episodes of depression. The term "manic-depression" was introduced by the German psychiatrist......
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psychopharmacology
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......characteristic of bipolar disorder (see depression) and schizophrenia. The first drug...Because of side effects, including depression, reserpine has been supplanted by phenothiazine...of individuals suffering from major depression or the depression phase of bipolar......
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Turpan
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......pop. 64,300), in the Turpan depression (c.5,000 sq mi/12...is the chief town of the Turpan depression, the lowest point (505 ft/154 m below sea level) in China. The depression was the center (AD 200–400......
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antidepressant
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......range of drugs used to treat psychic depression. They are given to elevate mood, counter...late 1950s, most patients with major depression had no recourse but hospitalization...patients can expect significant relief from depression with one of the medications now prescribed......
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unemployment
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......economic slowdowns, recessions, or depressions. In the Great Depression of the 1930s unemployment rose to 25% of the workforce in Germany...rate since at least the 1970s and perhaps since the Great Depression.As Keynesian economics (see Keynes, John Maynard) gained......
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nalorphine
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......morphine and other narcotics. It counteracts narcotic-induced nervous system and respiratory system depression but is not effective against depression induced by other sedatives such as barbiturates. Nalorphine and other narcotic antagonists are useful......