Affective temperaments refer to enduring, subclinical traits that underlie an individual’s predisposition to mood fluctuations and, ultimately, full-blown mood disorders. The concept, which has ...

Is your child often irritable or prone to temper outbursts? Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, clarifies the distinctions between bipolar disorder and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), ...

Both schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia cause psychosis. With schizoaffective disorder, however, you may also have prominent mood symptoms. In schizophrenia, people don’t typically have mood ...

The term “emotional disorders” usually refers to mental health conditions like mood disorders. When people use the term emotional disorders, they’re usually talking about mental health conditions that ...

A new trio of clinics in the UAB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology reflects the department’s dedication to innovation in mental health care. Known collectively as the TEAM Clinics ...

Donghao Lu receives funding from the Swedish Research Council, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, and Karolinska Institutet. Changes in mood are a common experience for ...