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An overview of mood disorders, focusing on depression and mania. It discusses the symptoms, causes, and differences between normal sadness and clinical depression. The document also covers manic symptoms and the importance of distinguishing clinical depression from normal sadness.
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MOOD DISORDERS are the most common psychological disorders and the risk of developing them is increasing all over the world especially among the young people.
Important Considerations in Distinguishing Clinical Depression from Normal Sadness
Emotional Symptoms
Cognitive Symptoms
Contemporary Diagnostic Systems
Unipolar Disorders
Two or more of the following symptoms must also be present for a diagnosis of dysthymia:
The distinction between major depressive disorder and dysthymia is somewhat artificial because both sets of symptoms are frequently seen in the same person. In such cases, rather than thinking of them as separate disorders, it is more appropriate to consider them as two aspects of the same disorder, which waxes and wanes over time.
Bipolar Disorders