Here Are The Top 3 Most Common Mood Disorders
Mood disorder is a broad mental health class that’s used to describe different types of depressive and bipolar disorders. Adults, teens, and children can all have mood disorders, but teens and children usually have different symptoms as compared to adults. Children find it more difficult to express their feelings than adults, making diagnosing mood disorders harder. Self-care, support, antidepressants, and therapy can work together to treat these mental health disorders.
Here’s all you need to know about common mood disorders:
Depression
Clinical or major depression is a rather common mental health condition where people face feelings of persistent hopelessness and sadness. This condition also causes sleeping, eating, thinking, and memory issues. To be diagnosed with clinical depression, these symptoms must go on for a minimum of 2 weeks. Different forms of depression include:
- Postpartum depression—this occurs in women during and after pregnancy. It’s common to experience hormonal, emotional, physical, social, and financial changes right after having a baby, causing symptoms of this mood disorder.
- Persistent depressive disorder—this chronic form of depression lasts for a minimum of two years, with symptoms that decrease in severity over time.
- Depression with psychosis—this severe depression is combined with hallucinations and psychotic episodes.
- Seasonal affective disorder—this depression only occurs during particular seasons. It usually starts late in autumn and lasts until summer or spring.
Bipolar disorder
This lifelong mental health condition can cause intense emotional highs and lows, as well as major shifts in behavior, thinking patterns, and energy levels. There are different types of bipolar disorder, including:
- Bipolar I disorder—people with this type of disorder have episodes of both depression and mania.
- Bipolar II disorder—people with this disorder experience similar symptoms as bipolar I but also have hypomania.
- Cyclothymia disorder—people with this disorder have a rather unstable state of moodiness and tend to experience mild depression and hypomania for a minimum of two years.
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
This mood disorder occurs around 7-10 days before a person’s menstruation and goes away around the start of the period. This more serious form of PMS (premenstrual syndrome) can be brought about by strong hormonal changes. Major symptoms include insomnia, depression, anxiety, irritability, and anger.
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Do you think you might have one of these common mood disorders? Talk to a mental health professional to get an official diagnosis and work through your problems in a safe space. Aligned Healthcare has experienced mental health specialists who provide top-notch online therapy for anxiety, personality disorders, and depression.
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