Mood Disorders Not Otherwise Specified

Mood disorders Not Otherwise Specified (MD-NOS) is any mood disorder that has no criteria for mood disorders that are well known. In DSM-IV mood disorders Not Otherwise Specified (MD-NOS) is called the diagnostic code (296.90) for a mood disorder that damages but does not match any official diagnosis is determined.


These categories are designed to broaden the recognition of mood disorder diagnoses, to describe mood disorder symptoms more specifically than in the past, and to facilitate the differential diagnosis of mood disorders.

Finally, DSM-IV-TR includes three residual disorders: bipolar disorder NOS (not otherwise specified), depressive disorder NOS (not otherwise specified), and mood disorder NOS (not otherwise specified).

Mood disorders Not Otherwise Specified often have severe symptoms, but do not have symptoms such as depression or mania are apparent. But for the treatment of mood swings, almost the same like another mood disorder cases. Treatment of mood disorder Not Otherwise Specified still rely on mood stabilizers such as antidepressants and benzodiazepine.