TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Drugs to Treat Affective Disorders: Depression and Bipolar Syndrome A1 - Ciccone, Charles D. PY - 2016 T2 - Pharmacology in Rehabilitation AB - Affective disorders comprise the group of mental conditions that includes depression, bipolar syndrome (manic-depression), and several others that are characterized by a marked disturbance in a patient's mood.1 Patients with an affective disorder typically present with an inappropriate disposition, feeling unreasonably sad and discouraged (major depressive disorder), or fluctuating between periods of depression and excessive excitation and elation (bipolar disorder). SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - fadavisat.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180854484 ER -