English > affective disorder: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | Any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant. |
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| Synonyms | major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance |
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| Narrower | bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis | A mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression |
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| depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression | A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention |
| mania, manic disorder | A mood disorder |
| Broader | mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion |
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