Types of Mood Disorders

“These are the most common types of mood disorders:

• Major depression. Having less interest in usual activities, feeling sad or hopeless, and other symptoms for at least 2 weeks may indicate depression.
• Dysthymia. This is a chronic, low-grade, depressed, or irritable mood that lasts for at least 2 years.
• Bipolar disorder. This is a condition in which a person has periods of depression alternating with periods of mania or elevated mood.
• Mood disorder related to another health condition. Many medical illnesses (including cancer, injuries, infections, and chronic illnesses) can trigger symptoms of depression.
• Substance-induced mood disorder. Symptoms of depression that are due to the effects of medicine, drug abuse, alcoholism, exposure to toxins, or other forms of treatment.”

 

Citations:

Overview of Mood Disorders. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/mental_health_disorders/overview_of_mood_disorders_85,P00759