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• Affective psychosis NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Affective psychosis
• Episodic mood disorder
• Mild mood disorder
• Moderate mood disorder
• Mood disorder
• Mood disorder in full remission
• Mood disorder in partial remission
• Mood disorder severe with psychosis mood incongruent
• Mood disorder, mild
• Mood disorder, moderate
• Mood disorder, partial remission
• Mood disorder, severe
• Mood disorder, severe, w psychosis, mood incongruent
• Mood disorder, severe, with psychosis
• Mood disorder, severe, with psychosis, mood congruent
• Mood disorder, severe, without psychosis
• Severe mood disorder
• Severe mood disorder with psychotic features
• Severe mood disorder with psychotic features, mood-congruent
• Severe mood disorder with psychotic features, mood-incongruent
• Severe mood disorder without psychotic features

Clinical Information

• A category of psychiatric disorders which have as their most predominant feature a disturbance in mood.
• Disorders in which the essential feature is a severe disturbance in mood (depression, anxiety, elation, and excitement) accompanied by psychotic symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, gross impairment in reality testing, etc.
• Emotional behavior inappropriate for one's age or circumstances, characterized by unusual excitability, guilt, anxiety, or hostility.
• Mental disorders characterized by a disturbance in mood which is abnormally depressed or elated. Compare emotional stability or emotionally disturbed.
• Most people feel sad or irritable from time to time. They may say they're in a bad mood. A mood disorder is different. It affects a person's everyday emotional state. Nearly one in ten people aged 18 and older have mood disorders. These include
• major depressive disorder
• dysthymic disorder (a chronic, mild depression)
• bipolar disorder (also called manic depression)
• mood disorders can increase a person's risk for heart disease, diabetes, and other diseases. Treatments include medication, psychotherapy, or a combination of both. With treatment, most people with mood disorders can lead productive lives.
• Those disorders that have a disturbance in mood as their predominant feature.