Mood Disorders
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Mood Disorders. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Mood Disorders.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Affective Disorders, Psychotic - Disorders in which the essential feature is a severe disturbance in mood (depression, anxiety, elati...
Bipolar Disorder - A major affective disorder marked by severe mood swings (manic or major depressive episodes) and a t...
Cyclothymic Disorder - An affective disorder characterized by periods of depression and hypomania. These may be separated b...
Depression, Postpartum - Depression in POSTPARTUM WOMEN, usually within four weeks after giving birth (PARTURITION). The degr...
Depressive Disorder - An affective disorder manifested by either a dysphoric mood or loss of interest or pleasure in usual...
Depressive Disorder, Major - Marked depression appearing in the involution period and characterized by hallucinations, delusions,...
Dysthymic Disorder - Chronically depressed mood that occurs for most of the day more days than not for at least 2 years. ...
Mood Disorders - Those disorders that have a disturbance in mood as their predominant feature....
Seasonal Affective Disorder - A syndrome characterized by depressions that recur annually at the same time each year, usually duri...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
