Mood Disorders

Affective disorders, commonly known as mood disorders, encompass a group of psychiatric conditions, with the primary types being depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorder. When you have a mood disorder, your overall emotional state becomes disrupted, no longer aligning appropriately with your life circumstances, which can hinder your daily functioning. You may experience intense sadness, emptiness, or irritability (in the case of depression), or cycles of depression alternating with periods of excessive happiness (in the case of bipolar disorder).