depressive illness

基本解释

Many people with a depressive illness never seek treatment.
許多患有抑鬱的人從未尋求治療。
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person’s mood, energy, and ability to function.
雙相情感障礙，也叫做躁鬱症，是一種腦失調，它導致個躰心境，精力和功能運作方麪的轉變。
Bipolar Disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a serious medical illness that causes shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function.
雙相情感障礙，也叫做躁鬱症，是一種嚴重的疾病，它導致個躰心境，精力和功能運作1方麪的轉變。

My mother's first depressive illness occurred when I was seven years old, and I felt it was my fault.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Trauma'
As for the article, I am someone who has suffered with depressive and anxiety related illness for most of my life, due to childhood onset PTSD.
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Taylor's fascination with psychology grew out of her own family's experience with mental illness: her father was diagnosed as manic depressive, and in high school, she herself was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, though she was not medicated.
NPR: Intersections: Inside the Mind of Lili Taylor