Essays on Mood Disorders

Introduction Mood disorders in simple terms are featured by critical changes in an individual’s mood that disrupts their daily life activities and quality of life on the whole. Various subtypes have been identified for mood disorders but there are three key states like bipolar, manic and depressive. However, a completely depressed mood is characterized acute depressive disorders. Hypomania or maniac conditions characterize elevated moods(Bonnin et.al, 2016). The cycle between maniac and depressed moods defines bipolar mood disorders. Apart from subtype…...

I have critiqued and reviewed this research article relating to bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and major depressive disorder. I chose this topic because I just simply had an interest in bipolar disorders, and the different types of mood disorders. I always joke on my mother saying how she is bipolar because she has many mood swings but I felt like I should really educate myself on what it really is. It is relevant socially because we can be living…...

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…...