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affective disorders — plural noun (psychology) A group of disorders whose primary characteristic is a disturbance of mood • • • Main Entry: ↑affect … Useful english dictionary
Affective disorders — See Depression: Emergence; Depression: Recent Concepts; Hypomania; Manic Depressive Illness … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia — (SADS) a semistructured interview administered by a professional and designed to yield diagnostic information about current and lifetime incidences of affective disorders and schizophrenia … Medical dictionary
affective disorder — n MOOD DISORDER * * * any psychiatric disorder featuring abnormalities of mood or emotion (affect). The most serious of these are depression and mania. Other affective disorders include SADS (seasonal affective disorder syndrome) … Medical dictionary
Affective spectrum — The affective spectrum is a grouping of related psychiatric and medical disorders which may accompany bipolar, unipolar, and schizoaffective disorders at statistically higher rates than would normally be expected. These disorders are identified… … Wikipedia
affective disorder — Psychiatry. any mental disorder, as depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, or cyclothymia, in which a major disturbance of feelings or emotions is predominant. * * * Mental disorder characterized by dramatic changes or extremes of mood. Affective … Universalium
affective disorder — mood disorder any psychiatric disorder featuring abnormalities of mood or emotion (affect). The most serious of these are depression and mania. Other affective disorders include SAD (seasonal affective disorder) … The new mediacal dictionary
affective — af|fec|tive [əˈfektıv] adj medical or technical relating to or having an effect on the emotions ▪ affective disorders … Dictionary of contemporary English
affective psychosis — a psychosis in which a disturbance in mood is the prominent characteristic; see mood disorders, under disorder … Medical dictionary
Depression and Mood Disorders: Emergence — The word depression has a number of meanings, depending on the discipline. Within neurophysiology, it refers to a decrease in the brain’s electrical activity causing, for example, cortical depression. For the pharmacologist, depression means… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
