mood

The term mood may refer to the feeling tone of the subject observed during a psychiatric examination or to the emotional state experienced by an individual for a limited period of time. Examples include depression, mania, hypomania, euphoria, dysphoria, elation, anger, irritability, happiness, sadness, and many others. Disturbances of mood are the primary manifestation of Mood Disorders.

Also: cyclothymia, dysthymia, euthymia, hyperthymia, hypothymia, normothymia

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