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The main characteristics of depression are discussed. Whether age, economic factors, or other elements play a role, the author stresses the deep oral regression occurring in a depressed condition, regardless of its endogenous or reactive type. No clinical material is given as he deals primarily with the theoretical psychoanalytic concepts involved in the syndrome of depression.