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affect

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in psychology, a term indicating “emotion” or “mood.”

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mood disorders

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disorders in which mood is severely disturbed.

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major depressive disorder

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severe depression that comes on suddenly and seems to have no external cause, or is too severe for current circumstances.

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manic

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having the quality of excessive excitement, energy, and elation or irritability.

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bipolar disorder

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periods of mood that may range from normal to manic, with or without episodes of depression (bipolar I disorder), or spans of normal mood interspersed with episodes of major depression and episodes of hypomania (bipolar II disorder).

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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

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is a mood disorder that is caused by the body’s reaction to low levels of light present in the winter months

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unipolar disorder

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Different name for major depressive disorder

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bipolar I disorder

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the individual may only experience mood that spans from normal to manic and may or may not experience episodes of depression

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bipolar II disorder,

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In spans of normal mood are interspersed with episodes of major depression and episodes of hypomania, a level of mood that is elevated but at a level below or less severe than full mania

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