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December 24, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Signs of Clinical Depression

Concentration is often impaired

Inability to experience pleasure

Increase in self-critical thoughts with a voice in the back of one's mind providing a constant barrage of harsh, negative statements

Sleep disturbance or inability to fall back to sleep

Change in personality

Increased isolation

Decrease in appetite or food loses its taste

Feelings of guilt, helplessness and/or hopelessness

Thoughts of suicide

Feelilng fatigued after 12 hours of sleep

Missing deadlines or a drop in standards

Increased sexual promiscuity

Increased alchohol/drug use

Information from the Dartmouth College Health Service