ABSTRACT
We have mentioned above that a depressed patient gives the impression of not knowing the cause of his sorrow. A group which must now be considered is exceptional in this and other respects. This is the group of “Reactive Depressions.” In them the patients worries excessively over some trouble and with the worry is the feeling of hopelessness and sorrow distinctive of depression. It is further characteristic of these quasi-depressions that retardation is objectively not witnessed and a feeling of inadequacy only sometimes referred to by the patient. Feelings of unreality are also in the background. On the other hand, instead of the inactive soddenness of the typical depression, there is an abnormal emotionality with tears and wailing.
