agitated depression

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agitated depression

;

agitated melancholia

(Psychiatry) severe depression accompanied by extreme anxiety and agitation

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agitated depression - a state of clinical depression in which the person exhibits irritability and restlessness

clinical depression, depressive disorder, depression - a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

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