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Mood Disorders

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MOOD DISORDERS
Part 1.
Experience with mood disorder
Mood disorders can be referred to as a full change in an individual's moods that causes
disturbance to an individual's life activities. Dysthymia is one of the mood disorders which I
experienced through my friend sometimes back. We used to enjoy the best moments together,
share some activities and even we could plan for outings to swim or also play football together.
A time reached, and I could notice some changes showing up in my friend. Life changed as time
was going on, drawing considerable attention, and later it was found out that he was suffering
from dysthymia.
Dysthymia was defined by the American Psychiatric Association as the depression of
moods most times for not less than two years with the following signs; excessive sleep,
hopelessness, poor concentration, overeating or poor appetite, low self-esteem and fatigue. It is a
form of chronic depression, less severe, and when compared to major depression, dysthymia has
fewer symptoms (Adler, Lerner, Visco, Greenhill, Chang, Cymerman, & Rogers, 2015).
Individuals suffering from dysthymia seem to undergo periods of significant depression called
"double depression." The diagnostic classification systems for today refers to both chronic
depression and dysthymia as "persistent depressive disorders" (Melrose, 2017).
The following are signs and symptoms I noticed
My friend had persistent feelings of hopelessness and sadness.
Change of sleep patterns. My friend had developed a habit of oversleeping in most of his
times, something he was not doing before.

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1 Running head: MOOD DISORDERS MOOD DISORDERS Name Institution 2 MOOD DISORDERS Part 1. Experience with mood disorder Mood disorders can be referred to as a full change in an individual's moods that causes disturbance to an individual's life activities. Dysthymia is one of the mood disorders which I experienced through my friend sometimes back. We used to enjoy the best moments together, share some activities and even we could plan for outings to swim or also play football together. A time reached, and I could notice some changes showing up in my friend. Life changed as time was going on, drawing considerable attention, and later it was found out that he was suffering from dysthymia. Dysthymia was defined by the American Psychiatric Association as the depression of moods most times for not less than two years with the following signs; excessive sleep, hopelessness, poor concentration, overeating or poor appetite, low self-esteem and fatigue. It is a form of chronic depression, less severe, and when compared to major depression, dysthymia has fewer symptoms (Adler, Lerner, Visco, Greenhill, Chang, Cymerman, & Rogers, 2015). Individuals suffering from dysthymia seem to undergo periods of significant depression called "double depression." The diagnostic classification systems for today refers to both chronic depression and dysthymia as "persistent depressive disorders" (Melrose, 2017). The following are signs and symptoms I noticed • My friend had persistent feelings of ...
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