Diseases, Disorders information

4. DSM

5. The Nosology of DSM IV
A core concept in DSM IV is the distinction between the episodes of abnormal mood (eg depression, mania, hypomania and mixed) from the illnesses characterized by these episodes.
1. Current Nosology

1. DSM IV has Four Mood disorder categories and a residual category
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The diagnostic criteria for current episodes (mania, hypomania, depression and mixed) are distinguished from the criteria illnesses characterized by the longitudinal pattern of episodes. Explicit in the DSM IV is the concept that a primary mood disorder is only one of possible causes that can produce a mood episode. Other common causes of mood episodes include medical disorders, substance abuse disorders, and other psychiatric illness.
2. Unipolar Mood Disorders

1. Major Depressive Disorder
2. Dysthymia
3. Depressive Disorder NOS

3. Bipolar Disorders

1. Bipolar I

1. Last episode can be specified

1. mixed
2. manic
3. Hypomanic
4. depressed

2. Bipolar II
3. Cyclothymia
4. Bipolar disorder NOS