BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Depression
- a prolonged slump or downturn in the business cycle, marked by a high level of unemployment
Wiktionary Definition for: Depression
- cattag geography an area that is lower in topography than its surroundings
- cattag psychology in psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future
- cattag psychology in psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide
- cattag meteorology an area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes
- cattag economics a period of major economic contraction
- Ex: ''The Great '''Depression''''' (US history)
- cattag biology physiology a lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation
- psychological depression
- geographical or psychological depression
Additional Resources
- How Do You Know When You're in a Depression?
- The Find: Hopefully the discussion is entirely academic, but when does a recession become a depression? A blog offers some possible indicators, while one prominent economist says that if you want to know what a depression looks like, look around â€" we're in one now. The Source:...
- Blog posts 2009-03-12
- American Great Depression and the Japanese Heisei-Era Depression Compared - From an Institutional Approach, The
- This paper investigates the institutional causes of the Japanese Depression in the 1990s in comparison to those of the America Great Depression in the 1930s. The Japanese Depression has two similarities to the American Depression. (1) Both depressions followed the bubble economy. (2) The decades of the 1930s and 1990s...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- Deflation and the International Great Depression: A Productivity Puzzle
- This paper presents a dynamic, stochastic general equilibrium study of the causes of the international 'Great Depression'. It uses a fully articulated model to assess the relative contributions of deflation/monetary shocks, which are the most commonly, cited shocks for the Depression, and productivity shocks. It finds that productivity is the...
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Aetna and GlaxoSmithKline Cosponsor Depression Seminars for Employers in Six Cities; Seminars Provide Forum for Employers to Share Best Practices for Managing Depression in the Workplace
- HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) and GlaxoSmithKline GSK today jointly announced a series of roundtable seminars for employers to share strategies about managing depression in the workplace. Depression is among the top five health-related issues that have a significant impact on employee productivity. These seminars are designed to give...
- Research articles 2005-07-20
- ORACLE SALES GOOD DESPITE DEPRESSION IN MARKET
- AsiaInfo Services 08-12-1996 Oracle Sales Good Despite Depression in Market CHINA, August 12, AsiaInfo Services, Inc -- In spite of the depression in the global database market, Oracle has made significant achievements. Oracle announced on Ju AsiaInfo Services...
- Research articles 1996-08-12
- Monetary policy in the Great Depression: what the Fed did, and why. (Federal Reserve System)(includes related article)
- Sixty years ago the United States - indeed, most of the world - was in the midst of the Great Depression. Today, interest in the Depression's causes and the failure of government policies to prevent it continues, peaking whenever the stock market c Sixty...
- Research articles 1992-03-01
- Consumer Reports Medical Guide Provides Free Information about Childhood and Teen Depression Treatment
- NEW YORK, Nov. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- To highlight the importance of recognizing the symptoms of depression in children and finding childhood and teen depression treatment, Consumer Reports Medical Guide -- http://www.ConsumerReportsMedicalGuide.org -- is pNEW YORK, Nov. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- To highlight the importance of recognizing the symptoms of...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Will Debt Drive Us to Depression? | BTalk Australia
- Will Debt Drive Us to Depression? | BTalk AustraliaRE: Will Debt Drive Us to Depression? | BTalk AustraliaI think this is scarily accurate - you can not live on credit forever no matter what the debt free government may say (as all the debt is held by consumers!) I am...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Depression or Not?
- Robert J. Barro has come up with an answer to the question What are Odds of U.S. Depression? Barro, a Harvard economist, looks at data from stock market crashes in 34 countries, and projects a one-in-five chance that the current crisis will morph into a depression in...
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- Study of Sepracor?s Depression Drug Has Investors Gloomy
- Ockham Research submits: Big percentage move on the down side out of Sepracor. It is down about 16% in the pre-market this morning… There’s Sepracor, $14.85 big drop as a depression drug that failed in a clinical trial. That’s why that stock is getting hammered ahead of the open....
- External links 2009-07-02
- When a Colleague Exhibits Signs of Depression
- Four times over the past two weeks, I have discovered one of my female colleagues crying in the bathroom. When I tried to console her, she told me everything was fine and asked me not to say anything. Im worried about her, but were friends and I dont want to...
- Blog posts 2007-04-21
- The Human Cost of Not Achieving Full Remission in Depression
- Depression is among the most disabling and costly illnesses in the world. Despite good short-term efficacy outcomes in the treatment of depression, long-term outcomes remain disappointing. This article examines the substantial psychiatric, medical, functional, and economic costs associated with not achieving remission. Available pharmacoeconomic data and randomized, controlled clinical trials...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- Case Management for the Treatment of Patients With Major Depression in General Practices - Rationale, Design and Conduct of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial - Prompt (Primary Care Monitoring for Depressive Patient's Trial) [ISRCTN66386086] - Study Pr
- Depression is a disorder with high prevalence in primary health care and a significant burden of illness. The delivery of health care for depression, as well as other chronic illnesses, has been criticized for several reasons and new strategies to address the needs of these illnesses have been advocated. Case...
- White papers 2005-10-05
- The Relationships Between Depression and Other Outcomes of Chronic Illness Caregiving
- Many caregivers with chronically ill relatives suffer from depression. However, the relationship of depression to other outcomes of chronic care-giving remains unclear. This study tested a hypothesized model which proposed that hours of care, stressful life events, social support, age and gender would predict caregivers' outcomes through perceived caregiver stress....
- White papers 2005-02-22
- Assessment of the Structure of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Musculoskeletal Patients
- Research suggests there is a high prevalence of anxiety and depression amongst patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain, which can influence the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs. It is therefore important for clinicians involved in musculoskeletal rehabilitation programs to consider screening patients for elevated levels of anxiety and depression and to provide...
- White papers 2005-12-19
- When a Colleague Exhibits Signs of Depression
- When a Colleague Exhibits Signs of DepressionOn second thoughtTouchy subject and a bit of a non-sequitur to reference this issue in the context of the recent events at Virginia Tech. Depression happens to millions, and many if not most eventually do snap out of it without the suggested use of...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-24
- Briefly.(Heinz C. Prechter Fund for Manic Depression, Detroit City Council and CenTra Inc., Covisint L.L.C., Riverstone Apartments)(Brief Article)
- Depression research fund established in Prechter's name Waltraud Prechter, chairman of Prechter Holdings Inc. in Southgate and president of the World Heritage Foundation, has established a foundation to help find a cure for manic depression and bri Depression research fund established in Prechter's name...
- Research articles 2001-11-26
- Fighting the deep depression in law.
- Sep 19, 2006 (Lawyers Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Depression is a serious problem for the legal profession. The Inaugural Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture, jointly hosted by the faculties of law at the University of New South Wales and the University of Technology, Sydney,...
- Research articles 2006-09-19
- Tyler, Too: Congress Courts a Depression
- Tyler, Gus Forward 05-12-2000 TYLER, TOO: Congress Courts a Depression The Republican Congress and the Democratic president have taken a giant step forward to hasten the coming of a global depression. In their own minds, they may really believe that...
- Research articles 2000-05-12
- APA Lauds Groundbreaking Kansas City Depression Initiative: Model for Communities Across U.S.
- ARLINGTON, Va., March 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Psychiatric Association APA commends the Kansas City region for launching a bold and innovative depression initiative: "Depression in the Workplace: What Does It Mean to Our Community?" A town hall meeting on March 29, sponsored by the Greater Kansas City...
- Research articles 2005-03-30
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