affective

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Of these participants, 259 had schizophrenia and 177 had affective disorders that included bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder with psychosis.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

The inquest heard that Maria Morris, who worked as a teaching assistant, had bi-polar affective disorder.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

The FBI has shared photos of the small drone which on Thursday collided with a plane known as a "Super Scooper", one of the world's most affective firefighting aircrafts, briefly grounding it.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

She has a deep understanding of and a postmodern comfort with cognitive dissonance, with lyrics that describe the affective landscape of the gap between our gestures and expectations.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

But people live also in the realm of the affective and aesthetic—that's why they bury bodies and sometimes dig them up and pour love potions on them.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann