anaclitic depression

  • 1anaclitic depression — n impaired development of an infant resulting from separation from its mother * * * impairment of an infant s physical, social, and intellectual development resulting from absence of mothering …

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  • 2anaclitic depression — noun severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute • Hypernyms: ↑depressive disorder, ↑clinical depression, ↑depression …

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  • 3depression — 1. Reduction of the level of functioning. 2. SYN: excavation (1). 3. Displacement of a part downward or inward. 4. A temporary mental state or chronic mental disorder characterized by feelings of sadness, loneliness, despair, low self esteem, and …

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  • 4anaclitic — Leaning or depending upon; in psychoanalysis, relating to the dependence of the infant on the mother or mother substitute. See a. depression. [G. ana, toward, + klino, to lean] * * * an·a·clit·ic an ə klit ik adj of, relating to, or characterized …

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  • 5clinical depression — noun a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention • Syn: ↑depressive disorder, ↑depression • Hypernyms: ↑affective disorder, ↑major affective disorder, ↑emotional disorder, ↑emotional disturbance …

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  • 6Анаклитическая депрессия — (anaclitic depression) депрессивная модель поведения, обнаруживаемая у очень маленьких детей и вызванная их разлукой с матерью …

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  • 7Neurodevelopmental disorder — A boy with microcephaly and his schoolmates. Microcephaly is a neurodevelopmental disorder. A neurodevelopmental disorder,[1] or disorder of neural devel …

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  • 8René Spitz — René Árpád Spitz (1887 ndash; November 11, 1974) was an American psychoanalyst of Hungarian origin. Biography Rene Spitz was born in Vienna. Fleeing Nazi Germany, he settled in the United States and worked at the University of Denver. He based… …

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  • 9depressive disorder — noun a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention • Syn: ↑clinical depression, ↑depression • Hypernyms: ↑affective disorder, ↑major affective disorder, ↑emotional disorder, ↑emotional disturbance …

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  • 10анаклизия — понятие, означающее чрезмерную эмоциональную зависимость индивида от других людей. У него появляется ощущение, что его мысли, чувства и побуждения возникают одновременно с появлению тех же состояний у людей, с коими он состоит в аналитической… …

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