unipolar depression
noun
: psychological depression not accompanied by mania
specifically
: major depressive disorder
Providers should ask whether the patient has a history of bipolar disorder, or manic depression, which may be misdiagnosed as unipolar depression. —
Jurgen Unutzer
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unipolar depression
noun
: psychological depression not accompanied by mania
specifically
: major depressive disorder
Providers should ask whether the patient has a history of bipolar disorder, or manic depression, which may be misdiagnosed as unipolar depression —Jurgen Unutzer, The New England Journal of Medicine
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