Mood Disorders

A mood disorder is the term given for a group of diagnoses in the DSM IV TR classification system where a disturbance in the person's emotional mood is hypothesised to be the main underlying feature. The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10. 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…...

Mood disorders include the following major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, over inflated ego, unrealistic optimism, persistent depressive disorder, cyclothymia and SAD (seasonal affective disorder), symptoms of these can include anxiety feelings of hopelessness, trouble sleeping, low self-esteem, fatigue, lack of concentration, not eating or overeating/eating too much, extreme sadness fluctuating to extreme happiness, lack of interest in hobbies and everyday life, feelings of guilt, thoughts of suicide. Personality disorders include anti-social personality disorder, people with this can be able to…...