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Depressive Disorder

"Depressive Disorder" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An affective disorder manifested by either a dysphoric mood or loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities. The mood disturbance is prominent and relatively persistent.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Depressive Disorder" by people in this website by year, and whether "Depressive Disorder" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 123 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2007
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