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Affective Disorders, Psychotic
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Definition
: Disorders in which the essential feature is a severe disturbance in mood (depression, anxiety, elation, and excitement) accompanied by psychotic symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, gross impairment in reality testing, etc.
Examples
Bipolar Disorder
Other names
Psychoses, Affective; Mood Disorders, Psychotic; Depression, Reactive, Psychotic; Psychotic Affective Disorder; Mood Disorder, Psychotic; Disorders, Psychotic Affective; Disorder, Psychotic Affective; Affective Psychoses; Affective Disorder, Psychotic; Psychotic Mood Disorders; Psychotic Affective Disorders; Psychotic Mood Disorder