Medical Dictionary
involutional melancholia
noun
Medical Definition of INVOLUTIONAL MELANCHOLIA
: agitated depression occurring at about the time of menopause or andropause that was formerly considered a distinct disorder but is now subsumed under major depressive disorder—called also involutional psychosis
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