Main disturbance expressed on a side of persons who suffer from those types of psychic disorders fall within the range of affect. This can refer to its general lowering. This is the case when depressive symptoms are expressed. However, psychopathologic symptoms framed within this category of psychic disorders can also be expressed in the way that the mood is increased. Then we speak of maniform, or manic mood disorder. No matter to which type the given mood disorder belongs to, it is always associated with evident changes on global functionality mode of a person.
Mood disorders are expressed in the following main categories:
Manic episode
Bipolar affective disorder
Depressive episode
Recurrent depressive disorder
Persistent mood disorders