A mood disorder is a condition where the prevailing emotional mood is distorted or inappropriate to the circumstances.
Mood disorders can be categorized as:
- Manic depression, including
- Depression, which includes conditions such as
- Cyclothymia and
- Dysthymia
- Bipolar disorder (depression with mania or hypomania)
- Depression, which includes conditions such as
Most psychiatrists believe that most mood disorders are related to manic depression as part of a spectrum of mood disorders, even when the disorder does not present the classic symptoms of bipolar disorder.
There are also forms of mood disorder which are specific to women, related to physiological events such as pregnancy, birth or the menopause.
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