Melancholia (disambiguation)
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Melancholia
Melancholia
Melancholia , also lugubriousness, from the Latin lugere, to mourn; moroseness, from the Latin morosus, self-willed, fastidious habit; wistfulness, from old English wist: intent, or saturnine, , in contemporary usage, is a mood disorder of non-specific depression,...

a sub-type of clinical depression
Clinical depression
Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...



Melancholic depression
Melancholic depression
Melancholic depression, or 'depression with melancholic features' is a subtype of major depression characterized by major depressive disorder with the following specific features: anhedonia , severe weight loss, psychomotor agitation or retardation, insomnia with early morning awakenings, guilt...

, a specifier for DSM-IV Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder, historically known as manic–depressive disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or...



Melancholia may also refer to:
  • 5708 Melancholia
    5708 Melancholia
    5708 Melancholia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 12, 1977 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :...

    , a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1977
  • Melancholia Records, a mainly black metal record label formed in 2002
  • Melancholia I (also spelled Melencolia I), 1514 engraving by Albrecht Dürer
  • Melancholia (1989 film), a British film
  • Melancholia (2008 film)
    Melancholia (2008 film)
    Melancholia is a 2008 Philippine film directed by Lav Diaz. It won the Horizons prize at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Angeli Bayani as Alberta Munoz / Jenine* Perry Dizon as Julian Tomas / pimp* Roeder as Renato Munoz...

    , a Philippine film directed by Lav Diaz
  • Melancholia (2011 film), psychological sci-fi film directed by Lars von Trier
  • Melancholia (Victor Hugo poem), a french poem published in 1856 by Victor Hugo
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