Affective Disorder

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
AD
Pronunciation
/əˈfɛktɪv dɪˈsɔrdər/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. He 'd like ' happiness ' to be given a new and more scientifically descriptive label, to wit ' Major affective disorder, pleasant type '.
  2. Then she read about seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression that occurs in fall and winter.
  3. Research on the influence of psychotherapy and health education on epilepsy patients ' affective disorder and cognitive impairment
  4. Memory impairment in patients with cerebral infarction and the study of affective disorder
  5. A Controlled study of neuroendocrine functions of bipolar affective disorder

Other meanings of AD