Mood Disorders

Follow the links below to find information about mood disorders.

Reviewed March 2011

Related HealthInsite Topics

Bipolar Disorder

HealthInsite Topic Page
Links to information on various forms of bipolar mood disorders (sometimes called manic depression) and support services.

Depression

HealthInsite Topic Page
Links to information about depression and its types, risk factors, prevention and support services.

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Title:   Boredom
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Everyone feels bored at times. Some people seem to think it's cool to be bored or pretend to be, like in a lesson or when you are listening to someone talk and you can't get a word in yourself!
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Get help
Publisher:   beyondblue: the national depression initiative
Description:   Contacts for immediate assistance
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Mood Assessment Program (MAP)
Publisher:   Black Dog Institute Australia
Description:   Black Dog Institute is an educational, research and clinical facility offering specialist expertise in mood disorders.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Community education: overview
Publisher:   Black Dog Institute Australia
Description:   Welcome to the Community Programs section of the Black Dog Institute website.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Schizoaffective disorder
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Schizoaffective disorder is a combination of two mental illnesses - schizophrenia and a mood disorder. Schizoaffective disorder is classified into two subtypes: schizoaffective bipolar type and schizoaffective depressive type. Mental health professionals currently believe that schizoaffective disorder is a kind of schizophrenia.
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   Negative emotions - coping tips
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Anger, sadness, jealousy and hatred are termed 'negative emotions' because they make you lose confidence and feel miserable about yourself and others. There are some simple strategies to deal with negative emotions.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   About us: overview
Publisher:   Black Dog Institute Australia
Description:   Overview of the Black Dog Institute.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Light therapy for managing cognitive, sleep, functional, behavioural, or psychiatric disturbances in dementia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Rest-activity and sleep-wake cycles are controlled by the endogenous circadian rhythm generated by the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of the hypothalamus. Degenerative changes in the SCN appear to be a biological basis for circadian disturbances in people...
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Menopause management
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Not all the symptoms experienced by women in midlife are the result of declining oestrogen levels. Herbal therapies may manage mood changes such as anxious thoughts and depressed feelings, as well as fatigue and low energy.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Antiglucocorticoid treatments for mood disorders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many patients with mood disorders report problems with memory and concentration, alongside their mood symptoms. There is some evidence that a possible cause of these problems is an overactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the body'...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Parkinson's disease: mental changes - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Parkinson's disease affects a person's mood and mental functioning, not just their body.
Date:   Jul 2002

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