What is an affective symptom?
Mood or emotional responses dissonant with or inappropriate to the behavior and/or stimulus.
What are 2 affective disorders?
The most common types of mood disorders are major depression, dysthymia (dysthymic disorder), bipolar disorder, mood disorder due to a general medical condition, and substance-induced mood disorder. There is no clear cause of mood disorders.
What are the types of affective disorder?
Types of Affective Disorders
- Unipolar Depression and its variants including:
- Postpartum Depression.
- Atypical Depression.
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Bipolar Disorder.
- Dysthmia and Cyclothymia.
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder.
- Panic Disorder.
How do I know if I need mood stabilizers?
Your doctor may prescribe mood stabilisers if you have an episode of mania, hypomania or depression that changes or gets worse suddenly. This is called an acute episode. Some people need to take mood stabilisers as a long-term treatment to stop this from happening.
What are some of the symptoms of affective disorder?
Depression prolonged sadness irritability or anxiety lethargy and lack of energy lack of interest in normal activities major changes in eating and sleeping habits difficulty concentrating feelings of guilt aches and pains that have no physical explanation suicidal thoughts unusual and chronic mood swings
What are the symptoms of depression and anxiety?
Symptoms of depression include: Feeling sad or anxious often or all the time. Not wanting to do activities that used to be fun. Feeling irritable‚ easily frustrated‚ or restless. Having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep.
How to know if you have major depressive disorder?
1 Memory difficulties or personality changes 2 Physical aches or pain 3 Fatigue, loss of appetite, sleep problems or loss of interest in sex — not caused by a medical condition or medication 4 Often wanting to stay at home, rather than going out to socialize or doing new things 5 Suicidal thinking or feelings, especially in older men
What are the symptoms of depression in older adults?
Unfortunately, depression often goes undiagnosed and untreated in older adults, and they may feel reluctant to seek help. Symptoms of depression may be different or less obvious in older adults, such as: Fatigue, loss of appetite, sleep problems or loss of interest in sex — not caused by a medical condition or medication