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ELI5: Is there a difference between clinical depression and depression triggered by a traumatic event?
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Not diagnostically. You’re depressed if you meet all the criteria in the diagnostic and statistic manual of depression. However if you have a traumatic even occur a good therapist or doctor will conduct a differential diagnosis to see if you have what is called an acute stress disorder, adjustment disorder, or post traumatic stress disorder. A lot of things look like depression but could be something else because it’s more complicated than that. Additionally you could have PTSD and depression.