Collocations for depression - noun

black, deep, serious, severe | acute, chronic | mild | clinical | manic | post-natal

bout, fit, period
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.

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

deepen | lift
Her depression has lifted now.

in ~
He may have killed himself in depression.

with ~
He''s been off work for months with depression.

(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.

great, major, serious, severe | economic
The country is experiencing a severe economic depression.

be in the grip of, experience | go into
The housing market has gone into depression.

face

deepen
The depression seems to be deepening.

end

during/in a/the ~
Many people lost their jobs in the great depression of the 1930s.

the depths of a depression, a period of depression
periods of severe economic depression

shallow, slight | deep

~ in, ~ on
From the air, the photos show a shallow depression on the planet''s surface.