affective disorder
1affective 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) …
2affective 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 …
3affective disorder — noun any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant • Syn: ↑major affective disorder, ↑emotional disorder, ↑emotional disturbance • Hypernyms: ↑mental… …
4affective 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) …
5affective disorder — noun Date: 1937 mood disorder …
6Seasonal affective disorder — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Light therapy lamp for Seasonal Affective Disorder DiseasesDB = 11910 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 001532 eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D016574 Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) …
7major affective disorder — noun any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant • Syn: ↑affective disorder, ↑emotional disorder, ↑emotional disturbance • Hypernyms: ↑mental disorder …
8seasonal affective disorder — seasonal affective disorder, n. A form of mild depression that occurs in winters, associated with reduction in the amount of sunlight. It is characterized by oversleeping, irritability, and sometimes overeating. It can be treated by light therapy …
9SAD (seasonal affective disorder) — Depression that tends to occur (and recur) as the days grow shorter in the fall and winter. It is believed that affected persons react adversely to the decreasing amounts of light and the colder temperatures as the fall and winter progress.… …
10Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) — Depression that tends to occur (and recur) as the days grow shorter in the fall and winter. It is believed that affected persons react adversely to the decreasing amounts of light and the colder temperatures as the fall and winter progress.… …
