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Long Depression

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Long-Term Depression (LTD)

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Major Depressive Disorder

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How Long Does Depression Last?

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Overcoming Crippling Depression by Resetting My Brain

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Are there short or long term impacts of depression on the brain?

The Long Depression was a worldwide price and economic recession, beginning in 1873 and running either through the spring of 1879, or 1896, depending on the metrics used. It was the most severe in Europe and the United States, which had been experiencing strong economic growth fueled by the Second Industrial Revolution in the decade following the American Civil War. The episode was labeled the "Great Depression" at the time, and it held that designation until the Great Depression of the 1930s. Though a period of general deflation and a general contraction, it did not have the severe economic retrogression of the Great Depression.