The Mood Disorder

Question: Explain The Mood Disorder. Answer: The term Mood Disorder in psychology is used to refer to the disturbances in moods or emotions. In general, human moods run between deep and intense sadness to extreme happiness, however under normal conditions people stay in between these two extreme conditions (Bora et al., 2012). Major depressive disorder is one of the major mood disorders, the symptoms of this disorder is a depressed mood, which may be too severe for the condition or may cone without any external cause of sadness. People who are suffering from this disease remain depressed throughout the day, sleeps more, experience loss of appetite and many more other symptoms (Pompili et al. 2012). Reference List: Bora, E., Fornito, A., Pantelis, C., Ycel, M. (2012). Gray matter abnormalities in major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis of voxel based morphometry studies. Journal of affective disorders, 138(1), 9-18. Pompili, M., Innamorati, M., Rihmer, Z., Gonda, X., Serafini, G., Akiskal, H., ... Perugi, G. (2012). Cyclothymicdepressiveanxious temperament pattern is related to suicide risk in 346 patients with major mood disorders. Journal of affective disorders, 136(3), 405-411.