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Major Categories of Affective Disorders
Affective disorders:
•  Psychiatric disorders
characterized by
disturbances of mood
or emotion
•  Also known as mood
disorders
•  Includes depression
and mania
•  Depression: normal when
a reaction to loss;
abnormal when it persists
or has no cause
Types of depression
• Unipolar or Bipolar
• Reactive vs. Endogenous
• Mania: overconfidence,
impulsivity, distractibility,
and high energy
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