Psychiatry and Psychology

Mood Disorders

Those disorders that have a disturbance in mood as their predominant feature.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Those disorders that have a disturbance in mood as their predominant feature.

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7 entry terms
  • Affective Disorders
  • Affective Disorder
  • Disorder, Affective
  • Disorder, Mood
  • Disorders, Affective
  • Disorders, Mood
  • Mood Disorder

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

human only; do not confuse with AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS: read MeSH definitions & follow text

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98(81)

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  1. F03w.600w

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NLM Classification

WM 171

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Mood Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019964. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019964
  2. Mood Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_disorder
  3. Mood Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188638