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Mood disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (293 words) |
 | A mood disorder is a condition whereby the prevailing emotional mood is distorted or inappropriate to the circumstances. |
| Bipolar disorder, a mood disorder described by alternating periods of mania and depression (and in some cases rapid cycling, mixed states, and psychotic symptoms). |
| Schizoaffective disorder is a vaguely-defined term (probably at the psychotic end of the bipolar spectrum) that describes patients that show symptoms of both schizophrenia and one of the mood disorders. |
| THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 15, Ch. 189, Mood Disorders (2327 words) |
| Mood disorders (affective disorders): A group of heterogeneous, typically recurrent illnesses including unipolar (depressive) and bipolar (manic-depressive) disorders that are characterized by pervasive mood disturbances, psychomotor dysfunction, and vegetative symptoms. |
| Mood disorders are the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, accounting for 25% of patients in public mental institutions, 65% of psychiatric outpatients, and as many as 10% of all patients seen in nonpsychiatric medical settings. |
| Suicide, the most serious complication in patients with mood disorders, is the cause of death in 15 to 25% of untreated patients with mood disorders; unrecognized or inadequately treated depression contributes to 50 to 70% of all completed suicides. |
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