Definition of affective disorder Affective disorder
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What does affective disorder mean?
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| affective disorder - any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant | ||
| major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance | ||
| folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder, disturbance (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness | ||
| clinical depression, depressive disorder, depression a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention | ||
| manic disorder, mania an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | ||
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