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I disagree with the lumping of (unipolar) depression and bipolar disorder under the nomer "manic depression", especially with no explanation or qualificaiton. I have on the order of ten books on depression or manic depression and NONE use the term "manic depression" in this way. NONE of the first 40 google hits for "manic depression" appear to use the term in this way. For most, manic depression is just the old name for bipolar disorder. (On a related note, there is also a school of thought that believes that bipolar disorder may actually be biochemically more closely related to scizophrenia than unipolar depression, although bipolar disorder is still considered a mood disorder.) -- Ithacagorges 01:17 21 Jul 2005 (UTC)
I've remvoed the section regarding post-partum depression affective women exclusively. Although it's rare it can also affect new fathers. The post-partum article itself states this. -- hedpeguyuk 09:06, May 17, 2006 (UTC)
I have also removed the section of text in the second half of the article. It was poorly written, didn't flow well and most of the information could Do we really need a sentence saying something like, "people who are on Prozac are less likely to commit suicide than those who are depressed and are not on the drug." I know some antidepressants have a reputation for brining on suicidal thoughts in some patients but not in the majority. I blame the Citalopram for making my mood disorder/mental health problem (bipolar or schizotypal epilepsy) worse. But in the majority of patients an anti-depressant is going to have an anti-depressant effect and make one less likely to commit suicide. It shouldn't need to be stated. If anyone wants to revery my edit then feel free, but if they do t needs to be reworked. What's more, as this page contains links to a number of mood disorder pages (pages with more detailed and specific information) I feel that what we have now is sufficient. -- hedpeguyuk 09:31, May 17, 2006 (UTC)
Should borderline personality disorder be listed here? I'm not quite certain as to the classification. LeaHazel : talk : contribs 08:03, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Can someone check reference #1? It seems to redirect to itself and there are 3 links to it. (I'm new here and don't want to mess anything up). SShell (talk) 01:04, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Deleted this statement as it is not relevant to this very broad topic. Psychiatrists should know about lots of things!!
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ignored (help)Earlypsychosis (talk) 18:54, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
I am fine with this deletion. It is a broad topic.--Literaturegeek | T@1k? 20:06, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
how does mood disorder effect children and to what degree. how is it usually caused in a child —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.250.6.6 (talk) 16:01, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
(moved from talk page of page to be merged) Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:25, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
I suggest deleting or merging this article with Mood disorder because the territory it covers is already well covered by Mood disorder. Anthony (talk) 12:25, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
Redirect makes sense to me. I like mood disorder as it is, so support delete. Anthony (talk) 06:19, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
The article begins - "Mood disorder is the term designating a group of diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV TR) classification system where a disturbance in the person's mood is hypothesized to be the main underlying feature...". "Feature" of what? The lede first sentence drops off midsentence. ParkSehJik (talk) 02:42, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
The article begins - "Mood disorder is the term designating a group of diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV TR) classification system where a disturbance in the person's mood is hypothesized to be the main underlying feature..." Does underlying refer to etiology, and if so, etiology of what? How can a mere classification make something into a "disorder" without defining disorder and relating empircal evidence to the association of the definition to the classification scheme? ParkSehJik (talk) 02:53, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
The part about SAD is written in a way that suggests that the only kind of SAD is the winter version. Although many experience symptoms during the darker months, there are also versions where the depressions occur annually at other times. This should be clearer in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.183.33.92 (talk) 14:17, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Humorous link with fake content. Not directed to improving article. Collapsed.--Garrondo (talk) 09:44, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
Is this guy supposed to be what it looks like when someone has a mood disorder? I guess it works but it seems arbitrary and uninformative to me.--Rayt5 (talk) 13:11, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
I added detail to the "Origin" section in order to strengthen the point for the reader. I also added a couple more psychological treatment options to the "Treatment" section in order to make it more comprehensive. Adam.lipford (talk) 04:42, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
There are plenty of nice anecdotes about the "mad genius" but more rigorous analysis points to the possibility that this is just confirmation bias.
http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2009-06908-006 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3935122/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.228.120 (talk) 20:37, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
The criteria for schizoaffective disorder are much more complex than this claim would appear to suggest. It is also worth mentioning that while it is the only single diagnosis of the schizophrenia-like disorders which also encompasses the general principle of disordered mood, it is not the only disorder to encompass mood disorder and psychosis: bipolar I fairly frequently involves psychosis, and major depressive disorder can also occur with psychotic features. While the simplification of schizoaffective disorder to a simple comorbidity of schizophrenia and a mood disorder is conceptually appealing, it seems probable to me that if it were that simple, it wouldn't need its own diagnostic label: individuals could simply be diagnosed with e.g. schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. However, according to the DSM-5, it is the simultaneous presence of psychosis and a mood episode (with psychosis also being sometimes present without a mood episode) along with other details that defines schizoaffective disorder; additionally, some mood disorders (e.g. dysthymia, cyclothymia) do not require the presence of mood episodes (cyclothymia actually requires there to have not been a mood episode) so equating mood episodes and mood disorders is a mistake. I therefore propose that the claim in this article's introduction on the issue be either cited or removed for being a misleading oversimplification. Anditres (talk) 03:43, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
Sentence: "A mood disorder, also known as an affective disorder, is any of a group of conditions of mental and behavioral disorder"
Citation: Sartorius 1993, pp. 91–93.
Comment: The citation exclusively comprises comments and analysis pertaining to schizophrenia. I am inclined to substitute the sentence with a relevant citation or rewrite it accordingly. Simple-engineer (talk) 16:18, 1 January 2024 (UTC)