psychotic depression

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   a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments

   Antonymsneurotic depression

   Broaderdepressive disorder

Questions about psychotic depression

What does psychotic depression mean?

psychotic depression means "a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments".

What is the opposite of psychotic depression?

The recorded antonyms are neurotic depression.

Is psychotic depression a common word?

psychotic depression is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.