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melancholia

Also known as melancholy, melancolia

thumb| Physiognomy of the melancholic temperament (drawing by Thomas Holloway made for [[Johann Kaspar Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, )]]

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Medical condition.name: Melancholic depression
Medical condition.image: File:Accademia - La Meditazione by Domenico Fetti 1618.jpg
Medical condition.caption: Meditation by Domenico Fetti 1618
Medical condition.field: Psychiatry
Medical condition.symptoms: Low mood, low self-esteem, fatigue, insomnia, anorexia, anhedonia, lack of mood reactivity
Medical condition.complications: Self harm, suicide
Medical condition.onset: Early adulthood
Medical condition.causes: Genetic, environmental, and psychological factors
Medical condition.risks: Family history, trauma
Medical condition.treatment: Counseling, antidepressant medication, electroconvulsive therapy

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ICD-9-CM: 296.90
Commons category: Melancholia

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Early history
English cultural movement
Modern connotations
Melancholic depression
Signs and symptoms
Causes
Treatment
Frequency
See also
Citations
Further reading
External links

thumb| Physiognomy of the melancholic temperament (drawing by Thomas Holloway made for [[Johann Kaspar Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, )]]

Melancholia or melancholy (; from ) is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval, and premodern medicine in Europe that describes a condition characterized by markedly depressed mood, bodily complaints, and sometimes hallucinations and delusions. Besides a pathological condition, melancholy could also refer to a mood or temperament and at times it was even used as a description of the human condition in general.