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A depressive man standing by a country pond in the pouring rain - not helping his state of mind. Wood engraving, 1869.

Hercules, seated on a column, in a state of depression. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1781.

A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.

A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria") being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

Five faces expressing human passions: (clockwise from top left:) compassion, sadness and dejection of heart, a profile and frontal view of dejection, and sadness. Pen drawing after C. Le Brun.

The melancholy temperament: an anxious woman clasps her hands as an agitated man lies on the ground. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1583, after M. de Vos.

A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria"), being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

John Bull shaking the hand of a sick man; referring to Wellington's illness and depression due to political strain. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.

Journeys with the black dog : inspirational stories of bringing depression to heel / edited by Tessa Wigney, Kerrie Eyers & Gordon Parker.

Getting by / Sad Ghost Club.

Antidotum melancholiæ vel, Schola curiositatis : omnibus hypochondriacis & atrabili laborantibus, sive fratribus spleneticis & melancholicis, vulgo denen Miltzbrüdern, aperta / a praenobili & expertissimo domino, Dn. Gaudioso von Fürvvitzhausen.

Men and depression : helping him, helping you / [Theresa Francis-Cheung, Robin Grey].

Depression.

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Journeys with the black dog : inspirational stories of bringing depression to heel / edited by Tessa Wigney, Kerrie Eyers & Gordon Parker.

Getting by / Sad Ghost Club.

Antidotum melancholiæ vel, Schola curiositatis : omnibus hypochondriacis & atrabili laborantibus, sive fratribus spleneticis & melancholicis, vulgo denen Miltzbrüdern, aperta / a praenobili & expertissimo domino, Dn. Gaudioso von Fürvvitzhausen.

Men and depression : helping him, helping you / [Theresa Francis-Cheung, Robin Grey].

Depression.