Depression, Anxiety and Stress Management

Neurotic Depression

Neurotic depression is an emotionally unstable person. An ordinary dictionary definition of a neurotic is an emotionally unstable individual A definition of neurotic-reactive depression would include those patients who suffer from a depression in the context of chronic gross personality problems and a history of a stormy lifestyle. One of the most venerable debates in psychiatry has been whether patients with neurotic-reactive depressions deserve to be considered as suffering from a separate illness or disease when compared to those patients who suffer from an "endogenous depression.