Mood Disorders
At the end of the lecture the students are able to:
1. Determine Mood Disorder.
2. Deliberate on the following mood disorders
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Bipolar I
Bipolar II
Unipolar
Depression
Mania
3.Describe the signs and symptoms of the various mood disorders
4.Explain the classification and assessment criteria for mood disorders
5.Discuss the various management and treatment modalities for mood disorders
6.Outline client education/Teaching strategies for mood disorders
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Is a mental, physical, and emotional state.
A collection of feelings and emotions.
may last for several hours or days
Has Affect as its external expression.
Factors such as environment (people around us, weather, etc.), physiology (what we eat, our health, etc.) emotions and feelings affect our
mood.
▶ For example, when we are with people we like, eating our favorite food, we feel happy and joyful. This creates a good mood.
This mood may last for several hours or even days. However, this is a temporary state of mind.
Types of Moods
Elevated
Euthymic
 Expansiveness
Normal, relaxed, cool, at ease
 Flight of ideas
Depressed
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 Decreased sleep
Lack of energy/interest
Concentration difficulty
Loss of appetite
Thoughts of death/suicide
 Grandiose
Definition - Mood Disorder
Reactive & Non reactive
 Change in situations.
 Change in cognitive abilities
 Change in speech
 Change in biological functions
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Group of psychiatric illness
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Predominant symptom is the deregulation of
mood/emotion
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Occurs throughout the life span
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Often cause personal suffering, difficulty with
relationships, impaired functioning
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High cost to society and the health care systems.
Mania
▶ is a mood condition that causes:
 unreasonable euphoria,
 very intense moods,
 hyperactivity, and delusions.
Mania (or manic episodes) is a common symptom of
bipolar disorder.
▶ can be a dangerous condition as people may not sleep
or eat, engage in risky behaviors and harm themselves
while in a manic episode
 can be a dangerous condition:
▶ People with mania have a greater risk of experiencing
hallucinations and other perceptual disturbances.
 people may not sleep or eat,
 engage in risky behaviors.
 harm themselves, while in a manic episode.
 have a greater risk of experiencing hallucinations and
other perceptual disturbances.
Stages of Mania
Stage 1 – Hypomania
Stage 2 – Acute Mania Stage
3- Delirious Mania
Signs and Symptoms of Mania
▶ racing thoughts
▶ rapid speech
▶ Decrease need of sleep.
▶ Delusional (grandiose, persecutory)
 easily irritated or distracted
▶ exhibit risky behavior, and go on spending sprees.
▶ aggressive behavior.
▶ Drug or alcohol abuse.