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Depression and BipolarDepression and BipolarDisorder (kaplan &Disorder (kaplan &sadock)sadock)
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Mood is a pervasive and sustained feelingMood is a pervasive and sustained feelingtone that is experienced internally and thattone that is experienced internally and thatinfluences a person's behavior and perceptioninfluences a person's behavior and perceptionof the world.of the world.
Affect is the external expression of mood.Affect is the external expression of mood.Mood can be:Mood can be:
normal,normal,
elevated,elevated,
or depressed.or depressed.
Healthy persons experience a wide range of Healthy persons experience a wide range of moods and have an equally large repertoiremoods and have an equally large repertoireof affective expressions; they feel in controlof affective expressions; they feel in controlof their moods and affects.of their moods and affects.
 
Mood disorders are a group of clinicalMood disorders are a group of clinicalconditions characterized by a loss of thatconditions characterized by a loss of thatsense of control and a subjective experiencesense of control and a subjective experienceof great distress.of great distress.
Patients with elevated mood demonstratePatients with elevated mood demonstrateexpansiveness, flight of ideas, decreasedexpansiveness, flight of ideas, decreasedsleep, and grandiose ideas.sleep, and grandiose ideas.
Patients with depressed mood experience aPatients with depressed mood experience aloss of energy and interest, feelings of guilt,loss of energy and interest, feelings of guilt,difficulty in concentrating, loss of appetite,difficulty in concentrating, loss of appetite,and thoughts of death or suicide.and thoughts of death or suicide.
Other signs and symptoms of moodOther signs and symptoms of mooddisorders include change in activity level,disorders include change in activity level,cognitive abilities, speech, and vegetativecognitive abilities, speech, and vegetativefunctions (e.g., sleep, appetite, sexualfunctions (e.g., sleep, appetite, sexualactivity, and other biological rhythms).activity, and other biological rhythms).
 These disorders virtually always result in These disorders virtually always result inimaired interersonal, social, andimpaired interpersonal, social, and
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