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A mood disorder also referred to as an affective disorder is a condition that severely impacts mood and its related functions. A mood disorder causing emotional ups and downs but not to the extreme seen in bipolar disorder.

Mood Disorder

People suffering from cyclothymic.

Mood disorder examples. Sad may also have a familial link. Mood disorder is a broad term that s used to include all the different types of depressive and bipolar disorders both of which affect mood. Major depressive disorder prolonged and persistent periods of extreme sadness bipolar disorder also called manic depression or bipolar affective disorder depression that includes alternating times of depression and mania.

If you have symptoms of a mood disorder your moods may range from extremely low to extremely high or irritable manic. Some examples of mood disorders include. Mood disorders are characterized by changes or disturbances in a person x27 s mood.

Postpartum depression seasonal affective disorder sad and cyclothymia are examples of mood disorders each of which has its own set of symptoms.