Mood Disorders
Mood disorders alter or conflict with the person’s general emotional state or mood, which impairs their capacity to behave. Clinical depression might manifest as emptiness, frustration, or hopelessness. Or you could have periods of extreme happiness intermingled with desperation (mania).
Anxiety problems, which frequently accompany sadness, might have an impact on your mood. Suicide risk can be raised by mood disorders.
Types Of Mood Disorders
Mood disorders includes:
Major depressive disorder
Which causes extended and ongoing episodes of profound sadness.
Manic depression
Also known as a bipolar affective disorder or manic-depressive cyclothymia, is a type of depression.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
A type of depression that is most frequently linked to shorter daylight hours in the northern and southern hemispheres from late fall to early spring.
Cyclothymic disorder
Which produces less severe emotional ups and downs than bipolar disorder.
Premenstrual dysphoric condition
Which causes mood swings and irritation during a woman’s premenstrual period of her monthly cycle and subsides with the start of menses.
Dysthymia
A chronic (long-lasting) form of depression, also known as persistent depressive disorder.
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
Which affects youngsters and is characterized by persistent, severe, and long-lasting irritability and frequent temper tantrums that are out of character with the child’s developmental stage.
Symptoms Of Mood Disorders
A person’s depression symptoms can vary depending on their age and type of mood disorder. The most typical signs of a mood disorder are as follows:
- Ongoing melancholy, anxiety, or emptiness
- A sense of helplessness or despair
- Being self-conscious
- Feeling insufficient or unworthy
- Abundant guilt
- Having frequent thoughts of suicide or death, longing to die, or making an attempt at suicide.
- Loss of interest in routine routines or once-enjoyed pursuits, such as sex
- Relationship difficulties
- Inability to sleep well or excessive sleep
- Modifications in appetite or weight
- Reduced energy
- Difficulty concentrating
- A decline in decision-making abilities
- Regular physical symptoms that don’t improve with treatment, like headaches, stomachaches, or fatigue
- Leaving the house without permission or threatening to do so
- Extremely sensitive to rejection or failure
- Anger, anger, or irritability
These sentiments are stronger than what a person would occasionally feel in the absence of mood disorders. It also causes concern if these emotions last for a long time or get in the way of one’s pursuits of friends, family, community, or employment. Anyone who expresses suicidal thoughts should seek medical attention right away.
Mood disorder symptoms can resemble those of other medical diseases or mental health issues. For a diagnosis, always consult a healthcare professional.
Treatment For Mood Disorders
Mood disorders are often treated successfully.
- Studies have shown that antidepressants and mood stabilizers are very effective in treating depression, especially when combined with psychotherapy.
- Psychotherapy, which is typically a combination of CBT and/or IPT. The goal of this therapy is to alter the patient’s erroneous perceptions of both his or her surroundings and themselves. Additionally, it fosters the development of interpersonal relationships and the ability to recognize and manage environmental stressors.
- Family Counseling.
- Additional treatments, such as TMS stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy.