Mood disorders

Introduction: Mood disorders

A mental disorder characterized by a disturbance of mood. The mood disturbance may be mild or severe and may include depression, mania or hypomania or any combination of these. Bipolar disorders and depressive disorders are the two main categories of mood disorders.

Symptoms of Mood disorders

• Personality Change
• Depression
• Agitation
• Aggression
• Anxiety

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Mood disorders:

• Mental Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Emotional Stress Tests

Medical Textbooks Online about Mood disorders

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Mood disorders?

• Misdiagnosis of Mood disorders
• Underlying causes of Mood disorders (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Mood disorders

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Adrenal gland disorder difficult to correctly diagnose: Addison's disease, a disorder of the adrenal glands, causes a variety of symptoms, and is often...read more »

Calcium disorder a hidden cause of depression-like symptoms: Another uncommon endocrine disorder that can be misdiagnosed as depression is hypocalcemia (low blood calcium),...read more »

Multiple sclerosis often misdiagnosed as mental disorder: The early stages of multiple sclerosis may cause various general feelings of wellness, happiness, euphoria, or manic-type symptoms in some patients. These...read more »

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Rare copper disease insidious and misdiagnosed: Wilson's disease (a form of copper overload) is a rare disorder that has a slow and insidious onset that can often fail to...read more »

Cluster of diseases with difficult diagnosis issues: There is a well-known list of medical conditions that are all somewhat difficult to diagnose,...read more »

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was initially...read more »

Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease is often over-diagnosed. Patients tend to assume that any memory loss or forgetulness symptom might be Alzheimer's, whereas there are...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical...read more »

ADHD under-diagnosed in adults: Although the over-diagnoses of ADHD in children is a well-known controversy, the reverse side related to adults. Some adults can remain undiagnosed,...read more »

Bipolar disorder misdiagosed as various conditions by primary physicians: Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) often fails to be diagnosed correctly by primary care physicians. Many patients with bipolar seek help from...read more »

Eating disorders under-diagnosed in men: The typical patient with an eating disorder is female. The result is that men with eating disorders often fail to be diagnosed or have a delayed diagnosis. See ...read more »

Depression undiagnosed in teenagers: Serious bouts of depression can be undiagnosed in teenagers. The "normal" moodiness of teenagers can cause severe medical depression...read more »

Undiagnosed anxiety disorders related to depression: Patients with depression (see symptoms of depression) may also have undiagnosed anxiety disorders (see symptoms of anxiety disorders). Failure to diagnose these anxiety...read more »

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Causes of Mood disorders

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More information about causes of Mood disorders:

• Mood disorders as a symptom

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Reseach about Mood disorders

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Clinical Trials for Mood disorders

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Mood disorders include:

• Clinical Trials of Three Non-Drug Treatments for Winter Depression (SAD) - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• A Study of the Effectiveness and Safety of Topiramate in the Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Disorder - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - topiramate
• Dopamine Receptor Imaging in Mood Disorders - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - [C-11]-NNC112,[F-18] Fallypride,[(11)C] Raclopride,0-15 Water
• Study of the Psychological Development of Children of Parents With and Without Affective Disorders - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Safety And Efficacy Study Of Ziprasidone In Pediatric Psychotic Illness - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Ziprasidone

See full list of 636 Clinical Trials for Mood disorders

Statistics for Mood disorders

• Medical statistics for Mood disorders
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Mood disorders
• Death and Mortality statistics for Mood disorders
• Society statistics for Mood disorders

Types of Mood disorders

• Depressive disorders
• Depression
• Clinical depression
• Dysthymia
• Bipolar disorder

See full list of 10 Types of Mood disorders

Stories from Users Related to Mood disorders

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