Mood disorders has several type and characteristics. Mood disorders has broad coverage that is divided into several category according to similarity of symptoms. As reported from Wikipedia, this disorder is the term designating a group of diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV TR) classification system where a disturbance in the person's mood is hypothesized 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 refers to the external expression observed by others.
There are type of Mood disorders:
1. Major Depression Disorder
2. Dysthymic Disorder
3. Bipolar I Disorder
4. Bipolar II Disorder
5. Cyclothymic Disorder
6. Hypomania
7. Other types/specifiers:
o Due to Medical Condition
o Substance – Induced
o Seasonal Pattern
o Rapid Cycling
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