Mood Disorders

mood

positive or negative feelings that are in the background of our everyday experiences

mood (affective) disorders

psychological disorders in which the person's mood negatively influences his or her physical, perceptual, social, and cognitive processes

dysthymic disorder

mood disorder in DSM-IV-TR; persistent depression at a relatively low intensity

persistent depressive disorder

condition characterized by mild, but chronic, depressive symptoms that last for at least 2 years

major depressive disorder (clinical depression)

mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities

bipolar 1 disorder

psychological disorder characterized by swings in mood from overly "high" (manic episodes) to sad and hopeless (major depression), and back again, with periods of near-normal mood in between