major_affective_disorder (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *major affective disorder*:
NOUN	state	major affective disorder, affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance	any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant

English > *major 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.
Synonyms	affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance
Narrower	bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis	A mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
	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
Spanish	desequilibrio emocional
Catalan	desequilibri emocional

HyperDic: major_affective_disorder