Meanings of major affective disorder in inglês

Methods: These data derive from a multi-center, long-term follow-up of patients with major affective disorder.

These cases of major affective disorder requiring hospitalization were newly ascertained from a national psychiatric registry.

A tendency towards increased 5-HT receptor binding density in patients with major affective disorder was found compared to dysthymic disorder patients and normal controls.

The rate of major affective disorder in relatives was found to be 36%; the rate among controls was 28%.

Method: Subjects were drawn from a naturalistic, long-term follow-up of patients with major affective disorders.

Our results suggest that WMH in patients with major affective disorders might be useful biological markers of suicidality.

Objective: These analyses were conducted to describe the course of illness among patients with major affective disorders who commit suicide.

Objective: A number of studies have suggested that lithium may be particularly effective in reducing suicide risks among patients with major affective disorders.

We comprehensively reviewed 2 types of studies aimed at specifying the mode of inheritance of major affective disorders: quantitative models and linkage analyses.

Objective: In a previous study, the authors demonstrated an association between prenatal famine in middle to late gestation and major affective disorders requiring hospitalization.

This was an observational study, based on administrative data of 25,450 adult disabled Medicaid beneficiaries treated for schizophrenia and major affective disorders.