Mood disorders
Effects of Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Future Directions for Research
Usually underdiagnosed and undertreated, major depression and anxiety disorders are encountered commonly in patients with CAD and patients…
Treatment of Major Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
As with other medical disorders, effective treatment of major psychiatric illnesses such as major depression and panic disorder,…
Anxiety Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in the United States (Table…
Pathophysiology of Anxiety
The neurocircuitry of anxiety has been postulated to arise from the amygdala, the brain area that registers the…
Depression and Cardiovascular Disease: Clinical Samples
Relatively consistent point prevalence rates of depression have been documented in patients with CAD, ranging from 15 to…
Bipolar Disorder
Clinical Manifestations
Bipolar disorder is characterized by unpredictable swings in mood from mania (or hypomania) to…
Depression in Association with Medical Illness
Mood Disorders
Mood disorders are characterized by a disturbance in the regulation of mood, behavior, and…
Depressive Disorders
Clinical Manifestations
Major depression is defined as depressed mood on a daily basis for a minimum…
Mood disorders with known etiology
Substance-Induced Mood Disorder
Substance-induced mood disorder is diagnosed when medications, other psychoactive substances, ECT, or phototherapy are…
Cyclothymic Disorder
Cyclothymic disorder is a recurrent, chronic, mild form of bipolar disorder in which mood typically oscillates between hypomania…
Dysthymic Disorder
Dysthymic disorder is a mild, chronic form of major depression.
Epidemiology
The lifetime…
Bipolar disorders
The bipolar disorders are bipolar 1 disorder, bipolar II disorder, and cyclothymia.
Bipolar I Disorder
Bipolar I…
Bipolar II Disorder
Bipolar II disorder is similar to bipolar I disorder except that mania is absent in bipolar II disorder…
Unipolar disorders
Unipolar disorders are major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder.
Major Depressive Disorder
Major depressive disorder is diagnosed…
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