Melancholia was one of the four temperaments in proto-psychology and pre-modern medicine, representing a state of low mood.
Melancholia may also refer to:
Health and medicine Depression (mood), a state of low mood also known as "melancholia" Major depressive disorder, a mood disorder historically called "melancholia" Involutional melancholia, a traditional name for a psychiatric disorder affecting mainly elderly or late middle-aged people that is no longer in use Melancholic depression, a DSM-IV and DSM-5 specifier of depressive disorders.
Film and television Melancholia, a 1989 British-German film by Andi Engel, starring Jeroen Krabbé Melancholia (2008 film), a Philippine film by Lav Diaz Melancholia (2011 film), an English-language film by Lars von Trier Melancholia (TV series), a 2021 South Korean thriller TV series
Art and music "Melancholia", a musical composition by Duke Ellington that first appeared on the 1953 album The Duke Plays Ellington Melencolia I, a 1514 engraving by Albrecht Dürer Melancholy (novel) or Melancholia I, a 1995 novel by Jon Fosse Melancholy II or Melancholia II, a 1996 novella by Jon Fosse Melancholia (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Colmar), 1532 Melancholia (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Copenhagen), 1532 Melancholia is an album by keyboardist Rick Wakeman, released in 2025 and is the third in a series of records of all piano suites.
Other uses 5708 Melancholia, an asteroid
See also Melancholy (disambiguation) La Malinconia (disambiguation)