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mental depression  

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  • Moods or emotions change with experience and environment, sometimes reflecting happiness and other times sadness. In emotionally healthy individuals, moods are controllable, but for people with mental depression, the mood itself is in control of both body and thoughts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Mental Depression]

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