Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision Mood Disorders Sections: Introduction, Mood Episodes, Major Depressive Episode, Manic Episode, Mixed Episode, Hypomanic Episode, Depressive Disorders, Major Depressive Disorder, 300.4 Dysthymic Disorder, 311 Depressive Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Bipolar Disorders, Bipolar I Disorder, 296.89 Bipolar II Disorder (Recurrent Major Depressive Episodes With Hypomanic Episodes), 301.13 Cyclothymic Disorder, 296.80 Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Other Mood Disorders, 293.83 Mood Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition, Substance-Induced Mood Disorder, 296.90 Mood Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Specifiers Describing Current or Most Recent Episode, Severity/Psychotic/Remission Specifiers for Major Depressive Episode, Severity/Psychotic/Remission Specifiers for Manic Episode, Severity/Psychotic/Remission Specifiers for Mixed Episode, Chronic Specifier for a Major Depressive Episode, Catatonic Features Specifier, Melancholic Features Specifier, Atypical Features Specifier, Postpartum Onset Specifier, Specifiers Describing Course of Recurrent Episodes, Longitudinal Course Specifiers (With and Without Full Interepisode Recovery), Seasonal Pattern Specifier, Rapid-Cycling Specifier. Topics Discussed: mood disorder. Excerpt: "The Mood Disorders section includes disorders that have a disturbance in mood as the predominant feature. The section is divided into three parts. The first part describes mood episodes (Major Depressive Episode, Manic Episode, Mixed Episode, and Hypomanic Episode) that have been included separately at the beginning of this section for convenience in diagnosing the various Mood Disorders. These episodes do not have their own diagnostic codes and cannot be diagnosed as separate entities; however, they serve as the building blocks for the disorder diagnoses. The second part describes the Mood Disorders (e.g., Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder). The criteria sets for most of the Mood Disorders require the presence or absence of the mood episodes described in the first part of the section. The third part includes the specifiers that describe either the most recent mood episode or the course of recurrent episodes.The Mood Disorders are divided into the Depressive Disorders ("unipolar depression"), the Bipolar Disorders, and two disorders based..." The content above is only an excerpt. For full access subscribe now or log into your account below. You can also purchase 24- or 48-hour access; learn more Username: Password:   FORGOT your subscriber username and/or password? Get a reminder via email: The email I registered with is:  Not a subscriber? Subscribe Today PsychiatryOnline is a powerful website that features DSM-IV-TR® and The American Journal of Psychiatry as the cornerstones of an unsurpassed collection of psychiatric references, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools. PsychiatryOnline’s innovative platform makes these resources easy and convenient to use, offering Precise and powerful searching across books and journals. Quick pathways to related material. Mobile access from any computer with a Web connection. Ability to download any book section to PDA. Links from bibliographic references to the full text of journal articles. References to material not located in the PsychiatryOnline collection lead you to PubMed. Learn more about PsychiatryOnline Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing PsychiatryOnline@psych.org or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.).