Affective disorder

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 by a common positive response to the same types of pharmacologic treatments. They also aggregate strongly in families and may therefore share common heritable underlying physiologic anomalies. Affective spectrum disorders include:Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderBipolar disorder Body dysmorphic disorderBulimia nervosa and other eating disordersCataplexyDysthymiaGeneral anxiety disorderHypersexualityImpulse-control disordersKleptomaniaMigraineMajor Depressive DisorderNarcolepsyObsessive-compulsive disorderPanic disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderPremenstrual dysphoric disorderSocial phobia
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Affective disorder n. See mood disorder. Affective disorder An emotional disorder involving abnormal highs and/or lows in mood. [more]Affective disorder - Community and Resources

Noun
1. any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
(synonym) major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance
(hypernym) mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie
(hyponym) depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression

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