staggered terms. Membership terms for a firm's directors that expire in different years. A firm with 12 directors might have 4-year terms with 3 seats up for election each year. Staggered terms make it more difficult for a raider to gain control of a board.
Definition of mood disorder. : any of several psychological disorders (as major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder) characterized by abnormalities of emotional state âcalled also affective disorder.
What is schizoaffective disorder? One of the more common, chronic, and disabling mental illnesses, schizoaffective disorder is a temporal disease marked by psychotic symptoms that occur separately and concurrently over time with major mood episodes.