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Noun: psychotic depression
  1. A state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments
    "In her psychotic depression, she believed she was responsible for natural disasters occurring around the world"

Derived forms: psychotic depressions

Type of: clinical depression, depression, depressive disorder

Antonym: neurotic depression

Encyclopedia: Psychotic depression