The actor says he suffers frequent bouts of depression. In a fit of depression, she threw away all her favourite books. A period of acute depression can sometimes follow childbirth
VERB + DEPRESSION
develop, fall into, go into, succumb to
She fell into a black depression and refused to leave her room
experience, have, suffer (from)
She was diagnosed as having clinical depression
be treated for
His wife had left him and he was being treated for depression
come out of, get over
She was gradually coming out of her depression
cause, lead to
Bereavement can often lead to depression
relieve, treat
a new drug used to treat depression
DEPRESSION + VERB
deepen
lift
Her depression has lifted now
PREP
in ~
He may have killed himself in depression
with ~
He's been off work for months with depression
PHRASES
(a) cause for depression
These results should not be a cause for depression
the depths of depression
I was in the depths of depression after receiving my exam results
feelings of depression, the onset of depression
The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event
a state of depression
He was in a state of acute depression
symptoms of depression, treatment for depression
She had been receiving medical treatment for depression
