Brain and Behavior TOP Study Guide Questions and CORRECT Answers

main (DSM IV) mood disorders we covered * bipolar disorder * major depressive disorder * cyclothymia * dysthymic disorder * other mood disorders: what is a 'mood disorder'? mood disorder: any of a group of psychiatric disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder, characterized by a pervasive disturbance of mood that is not caused by an organic abnormality. Also called affective disorder. what is 'mood'? mood =m a conscious state of mind or predominant emotion : affective state, * composite state of well being, including cognitive, emotional and behavioral components differences between sadness and clinical depression sadness: a normal human emotion that accompanies loss or defeat * transient/short-lived