Affective disorder or mood disorder as it is more commonly known is a mental disorder characterized by disturbances in a person’s mood. Mood disorders can range from very severe like clinical depression or manic depression to mild like dysthymic disorder. In mood disorders, feelings of guilt, also when does pms become pmdd, sadness and irritability are heightened to extreme levels. However, the problem actually arises when these persist over long periods and affect a person’s behavior and thinking ability. Mood Disorder Research Research shows that mood disorders can be hereditary with a person having a 15% to 30% chance of having a bipolar disorder if one parent is diagnosed with it and a 50% to 75% chance if both parents are diagnosed with a bipolar disorder. A person also has a chance of suffering from a mood disorder if a sibling has been diagnosed with a mood disorder. It has also been seen that females are more likely to show traits of a mood disorder. Mood Disorder Symptoms Since the symptoms of a mood disorder, a similar to those of other mental health related problems they cannot be effectively diagnosed by a patient himself or his family. Mood disorders are a genuine medical disorder and so a psychiatrist or other mental health professional is needed to diagnose mood disorders by using a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation given under the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM V). Treating Mood Disorder The treating mood disorder is often effective and in most ...

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