MOOD DISORDER

Mood disorder is a serious change in mood that describes the mental illness. This disorder interferes in daily life in the way of changes in mood such as depression and even bipolar disorder. This is also known as affective disorders which involves losing interest in life, feeling sad all the time etc. This is a group of mental illness that affects people in general life. Mood disorder also increases the risk of suicide. Most common types of mood disorder are

·        Major depressions

·        Dysthymia

·        Bipolar disorder and

·        Substance - included mood disorder.

      

There are lot of confusions such as whether the cause of mood disorder is depression or bipolar disorder. There is also an egg chicken confusion does disturbed sleep cause mood disorder or mood disorder causes disturbed sleep. Understanding bipolar disorder is very essential now a day. First thing is that we have to know to differentiate it from extreme emotions that changes rapidly and from mood swings and these are the symptoms of other psychiatric disorders.

Disturbance in body clock is also a reason for mood disorder. Body temperature, hormone levels, mood and body metabolism fluctuate in daily basis. Thus the body clock certainly exerts a powerful effect all over the body. Even frequent jet lags and night shift works lead to mood disorder since it makes imbalance body clock.