affective disorder

1. Any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant (synset 114412315)
   is a type of: disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder - (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
   subtypes:

   • clinical depression, depression, depressive disorder - a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
   • mania, manic disorder - a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
   • bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis - a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
   same as: emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder

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