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Disclaimer: This informational guide discusses topics such as Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder: please exercise caution.
Each resource gives insight into the science behind mood disorders, tips and tricks for how to minimize it's impact on your day, and inspiring stories from those who struggle with mood related conditions. Keep in mind that all experiences are unique, and the information included does not reflect everyone's lived reality.
Mood Disorders Research Starter
The diagnosis of a mood disorder requires the presence or absence of a mood episode: major depressive episode, manic episode, or hypomanic episode. The mood disorders include major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder, and cyclothymic disorder. The mood disorders can be specified with seasonal pattern, rapid cycling, or peripartum onset.
Mood disorders are characterized predominantly by a disturbance in mood. Although earlier editions of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) grouped a wide variety of disorders under the heading of mood disorders, the fifth edition of the DSM (DSM-5), published in 2013, divides them into two categories: depressive disorders and bipolar and related disorders. Both categories include disorders characterized by mood episodes, which include major depressive episode, manic episode, and hypomanic episode.
