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The Journal of Affective Disorders is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on all aspects of affective disorders. It is published by Elsevier and its editors-in-chief are P. Brambilla and J.C. Soares. It was established in 1979 and is the official journal of the International Society for Affective Disorders.
The Journal of Affective Disorders, the official publication of the International Society for Affective Disorders, focuses on research related to mood and emotional disorders, including depression, mania, anxiety, and personality-related conditions. It emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach, welcoming high-quality studies on neuroimaging ...
A mood disorder, also known as an affective disorder, is any of a group of conditions of mental and behavioral disorder [2] where the main underlying characteristic is a disturbance in the person's mood. [3] The classification is in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS) [note 1] is a collection of psychiatric diagnostic criteria and symptom rating scales originally published in 1978. [1] It is organized as a semi-structured diagnostic interview.
The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10. English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder . The term was then replaced by mood disorder , as the latter term refers to the underlying or longitudinal emotional state, whereas the former refers to the external expression observed ...
The Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire, or SPAQ, is a simple, self-administered screening test for Seasonal Affective Disorder, first developed in 1984.Though some aspects of its accuracy have been questioned since then, it is widely used today, especially by SAD researchers.
The affective spectrum is a spectrum of mood disorders. [1] It is a grouping of related psychiatric and medical disorders which may accompany bipolar , unipolar , and schizoaffective disorders at statistically higher rates than would normally be expected.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder subset in which people who typically have normal mental health throughout most of the year exhibit depressive symptoms at the same time each year. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is commonly, but not always, associated with the reductions or increases in total daily sunlight hours that occur during the winter ...