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DSM-IV & DSM-IV-TR:

Mood Disorder

The essential feature of these mental disorders also referred to as affective disorders is persistent or episodic exaggeration of mood state.

Also: affective disorder

Mood Episodes: Major Depressive Episode | Hypomanic Episode | Manic Episode | Mixed Episode
Depressive Disorders: Dysthymic Disorder | Major Depressive Disorder: Single Episode | Recurrent | Depressive Disorder NOS (311)
Bipolar Disorders: Bipolar I Disorder | Bipolar II Disorder | Cyclothymic Disorder
Mood Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition with: Depressive Features | Manic Features | Mixed Features
Substance-Induced Mood Disorder

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1994

Books and Other Media:
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Stein, Kupfer, and Schatzberg The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood Disorders Hardcover 2005
Whybrow, MD, Peter C: A Mood Apart - Depression, Mania, and Other Afflictions of the Self: Hardcover 1997

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