A patient goes to the doctor complaining of persistent depression or overwhelming anxiety or some other malady of the mind.

The researchers made sure to include only teenagers who had persistent depression, for more then 40 weeks on average, with a diagnosis in the moderate to serious range.

At no time did he ask the leading questions that would have revealed a persistent emotional depression to be the real cause of her symptoms.

I busied myself as best I could, trying to fight off the persistent depression.

Several studies have shown them to be safe and effective against persistent adolescent depression.

It is like living in a low-level but persistent depression.

Gradual mental deterioration or persistent emotional depression are other common impediments to a wholesome diet among older people.

LEAD: 'Black Americans enter 1987 besieged by the resurgence of raw racism, persistent economic depression and the continued erosion of past gains.'

He was suffering from persistent depression and mental illness that left him destitute and led ultimately to his death at the age of 53.

Second, a capitalist economy tends toward a state of persistent depression because of this.