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Disturbance in moods affecting daily functioning or causing significant distress. Can be bipolar do, major depression, dysthymia, cyclothymia, or organic mood disorders.

Dr. Alan Ali reviewed this

34 year experience in Psychiatry

Is a type of:

Mental disorder

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Very common

Types of

Depression
Condition
Minor depressive disorder
Condition
Bipolar disorder (manic depression)
Condition
Mania
Condition
Clinical depression
Condition

Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Mood disorders
Antidepressants

Procedures

Ratings show how effective doctors think these procedures are at treating Mood disorders

Surgery

Electroconvulsive therapy
3.5
12 reviews

Other treatments

Counseling and therapy clinics
Behavior therapy
Psychotherapy

Tests

Mood disorder questionnaire
Patient health questionnaire (PHQ 9)
Beck depression inventory

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Never functioning life:confusion, disconectiosadness, no life or work.No medical pb, last diag mood disorder.Less pain no progress.Whats wrong with me?

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Will I have to be hospitalized if I join a study on mood disorders?

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How long would medication have to be used for someone who has mood disorder?

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In people with chronic conditions, are mood disorders more common in men or women?

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Can you please tell me how mental illness and mood disorder differ?

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What's a truly informed consent form for someone with mood disorders?

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If someone with no mood disorder takes a mood stabilizer. What happens ?

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Is depersonalization part of mood disorder? What medication treats depersonalization?

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I am somewhat temperamental. When should I take into consideration if it is a mood disorder or something worse?

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I have a constant feeling of disorganization, or something is not right, that is part of my mood disorder right?

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