Mood Disorder

A Mood Disorder is a mental disorder that affects moods.

• Context:
  • It can be treated with an Mood Disorder Treatment (that can be analyzed with an Mood Disorder Treatment Clinical Study).
  • It can be detected with a Mood Disorder Assessment Tool.
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• Example(s):
  • a Depression Disorder, such as a major depression disorder.
  • a Major Depressive Disorder.
  • a Bipolar Disorder?
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Personality Disorder, such as Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
  • a Psychotic Disorder, such as Schizophrenia.
  • an Anxiety Disorder, such as an Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder.
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• See: Thought Disorder, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Dysthymia, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Seasonal Affective Disorder.

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References

2018

• (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_disorder Retrieved:2018-2-10.
  • Mood disorder, also known as mood (affective) disorders, is a group of conditions where a disturbance in the person's mood is the main underlying feature. The classification is in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD).

    Mood disorders fall into the basic groups of elevated mood, such as mania or hypomania; depressed mood, of which the best-known and most researched is major depressive disorder (MDD) (commonly called clinical depression, unipolar depression, or major depression); and moods which cycle between mania and depression, known as bipolar disorder (BD) (formerly known as manic depression). There are several sub-types of depressive disorders or psychiatric syndromes featuring less severe symptoms such as dysthymic disorder (similar to but milder than MDD) and cyclothymic disorder (similar to but milder than BD). Mood disorders may also be substance-induced or occur in response to a medical condition. English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder. The term was then replaced by mood disorder, as the latter term refers to the underlying or longitudinal emotional state, whereas the former refers to the external expression observed by others.

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