Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders
Done by
Grizelda Evangeline P
MOT (Paediatric)
SYNOPSIS
• Mood disorders
• Classification of mood disorders
• Diagnostic features of each mood disorders
• Pathophysiology and Psychopathology
• Causes
• Medical management
• Scales
• OT assessment
• Problems Identified
• OT approaches/FOR
• OT treatment and activities
MOOD DISORDER
Mood
A patient's mood is their underlying feelings, which are more consistent and sustained
over time.
Affect
A patient's affect is their immediate expression of emotion, which is more reactive and
shorter in duration than mood.
• According to DSM-5, Mood disorders are mental health conditions that can be
categorized as either bipolar or depressive.
• Mood disorders can cause intense and persistent changes in person’s mood, energy
levels and behaviour.
• Mood disorders are described by marked disruptions in emotions.
CLASSIFICATION OF MOOD
DISORDERS
BIPOLAR DISORDER
• It is characterised by mood swings from profound depression to
extreme euphoria (mania), with interfering periods of normalcy.
• Delusions and hallucinations may or may not be present.
BIPOLAR TYPE I
Mania Episode
A Distinct period of abnormality and persistently elevated, expressive or
irritable mood.
Lasting for one week or more.
Inflated self esteem or grandiosity
Decreased need for sleep (3 hours of sleep)
More talkative and pressure to keep on talking
Flight of ideas
Distractibility (attention easily withdrawn to unimportant or irrelevant
external stimuli)
Psychomotor agitation (increase in goal directed activity)
Excessive involvement in pleasurable activities with painful
consequences (foolish business investments or sexual indiscretion)
Hypomania Episode
Milder degree of clinical symptoms of mania episodes.
Diagnostic features:
Same as mania episode but lasting at least 4 consecutive days.
The disturbance in mood and the change in functioning are observable
by others.
It is not severe enough to cause marked impairment in social or
occupational functioning.
Major Depressive Episode
Five or more of the following symptoms have been present during two
weeks or more.
Diagnostic features:
Depressed mood most of the day, nearly everyday.
Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all or almost all
activities everyday.
Significant weight loss or weight gain
Insomnia or hypersomnia everyday
Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly everyday
Fatigue or loss of energy nearly everyday
Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt.
Diminished ability to think or concentrate or indecisiveness nearly
everyday.
Recurrent thoughts of death, recurrent suicidal ideation
BIPOLAR TYPE II
• Criteria have been met for at least one hypomania episode and at least
one major depressive episode
• There has never been a mania episode
• The occurrence of the hypomania episode(s) and major depressive
episode(s) is not better explained by schizoaffective disorder,
schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, delusional disorder, or other
specified or unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic
disorder.
• The symptoms of depression or the unpredictability caused by frequent
alternation between periods of depression and hypomania causes
clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or
other important areas of functioning.
CYCLOTHYMIA
For a diagnosis of cyclothymia, the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), published by the American
Psychiatric Association.
• many periods of elevated mood (hypomania symptoms) and
periods of depressive symptoms for at least two years (one year
for children and teenagers) — with these highs and lows
occurring during at least half that time.
• Periods of stable moods usually last less than two months.
• Your symptoms significantly affect you socially, at work, at
school or in other important areas.
• Your symptoms don't meet the criteria for bipolar disorder, major
depression or another mental disorder.
• Your symptoms aren't caused by substance use or a medical
condition.
DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
• Depression is an alteration in mood that is expressed by feelings of
sadness, despair and pessimism.
• There is a loss of interest in usual activities and somatic symptoms
may be evident.
• Changes in sleep and appetite pattern are evident.
• Psychoanalytical approach
• Cognitive behavioural FOR
• Behavioural FOR
• Acquisitional FOR
• Psychoanalytical approach • Behavioural FOR
- Free flowing conversation - Modeling
- Interpretation - shaping
• Cognitive behavioural approach - Chaining
- Replacing depressive negative - Token economy system
cognition with new cognitive - Fading
and behavioural responses • Acquisitional FOR
- Self monitoring - Activity based goals
- Cognitive restructuring - Natural progression
- Bibliotherapy - Client awareness
- Communication skills - Imitation.
OT TREATMENT AND ACTIVITIES
• Psychoeducation • Sleep hygiene techniques
• Reality orientation therapy • Relaxation techniques
• Social skills training • Projective techniques
• Group therapy • Family and marital therapy
• Guided imagery • Sensory modulation techniques
• Stress management
• Assertiveness training
• Psychoeducation • Relaxation techniques
- Provide info and support to better - Deep breathing exercises
understand and cope with illness for patient
and caregiver - Meditation
• Reality orientation therapy - Yoga
- To help them maintain a sense of reality and - Music and art therapy
reduce disorientation and preoccupation • Sleep hygiene techniques
• Social skills training - Regular physical exercises
- Motivation
- Minimize daytime napping
- Demonstration
- Sleep in a dark, quiet comfortable
- Practice environment.
- Feedback
- Avoid food intake one to two hours
• Sensory modulation techniques before sleeping.
- Calming sensory input • Projective techniques
- Self regulation techniques
- Arts and crafts activities
- Self soothing activities
RECENT ADVANCEMENTS
• Evidence based group therapy for mood disorders: Treatment for depression
and bipolar disorders. - 2024
- Cognitive behavioural group therapy and group cognitive therapy
- Group behavioural activation, group interpersonal therapy, group functional
remediation and group psychoeducation.
• Effectiveness and changes in brain function by an occupational therapy
program incorporating mindfulness in outpatients with anxiety and depression
– 2023
- Occupational therapy incorporating mindfulness (MOT) improves well being and
global function for those who struggles with social and occupational functioning.
REFERENCE
• A short textbook of psychiatry – Niraj Ahuja
• Mental health concepts and techniques – Mary Beth Early
• Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders – fifth edition DSM
– 5th.
THANK YOU