Original sentence: A strict clinical diagnosis of Depression, and/or its various corollaries, almost invariably maintains the presence of a biological component.Although a mood characterized by sadness is often colloquially referred to as depression, clinical depression is something more than just a temporary state of sadness.Clinical Depression is state of sadness or melancholia that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living (ADLs).Clinically, this is referred to as a "depressed mood".It is important to note that an individual may suffer from what is termed a "clinical depression" without fully meeting the criteria for a specific diagnosis on the Depression spectrum.Symptoms lasting two weeks or longer, and of a severity that begins to interfere with typical social functioning and/or activities of daily living, are considered to constitute clinical depression.The diagnosis may be applied when an individual meets a sufficient number of the symptomatic criteria for the Depression spectrum as suggested in the DSM-IV-TR or ICD-9/10.This state is typically psycho-social in nature, as opposed to organic (chemical)
Edited sentence: Although nearly any mood with some element of sadness may colloquially be termed a depression, clinical depression is more than just a temporary state of sadness.Clinical depression is state of debilitating sadness or melancholy.Symptoms lasting two weeks or longer in duration, and of a severity that they begin to interfere with daily living, can generally be said to constitute clinical depression.The definition applies when an individual's mood and other criteria are judged by the clinician to meet the definition as laid down in DSM-IV-TR or ICD10.Using DSM-IV-TR terminology, someone with a major depressive disorder can, by definition, be said to be suffering from clinical depression