Bill W. Vaughan, OMn, BSRC, MSSW, LMSW - Mood Disorder Disorders



Mood Disorders http://careconnection.osu.edu/diseasesandconditions/healthtpics/mentalhealth/mood/

Hello, and Welcome to my Mood Disorders Site! My name is Bill, and I am a Dallas based counselor and psychotherapist. My educational background, and degrees are from, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and the University of Texas at Arlington. This page deals with Mood Disorders. Please visit my main website for more information @ billwvaughan.com. As you peruse this page you will find that many of the terms listed have hyper links that will lead you to informative sites regarding the specific topic. I have many years experience dealing with persons (adults, seniors, adolescents, teenagers, youths, young adults, and children) living with mood disorders.

Mood Disorders... Disturbances of mood that are intense and persistent enough to be clearly maladaptive. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter4/sec3_1.html http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.drugs.html Bipolar (Manic-Depressive) Disorders... Mood disorders in which a person experiences both manic and depressive episodes. http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-md02.html http://www.bpkids.org/ http://www.healthcyclopedia.com/mental-health/disorders/mood/bipolar-disorder/associations-and-org anizations.html http://bipolar.about.com/library/blmisc/bl-nimhbp6.htm http://www.thenewhealthfind.com/health/childhood+bipolar+disorder http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.bipolar.html http://www.mhsource.com/bipolar/ http://www.coping-with-bipolar.com/?referrer=google http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/manic.cfm http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/bipolar.htm http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDispla y.cfm&ContentID=13107 http://www.klis.com/chandler/pamphlet/bipolar/bipolarpamphlet.htm Cyclothymia... Mild mood disorder characterized by cyclical periods of manic and depressive symptoms. http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.cyclothymia.html http://www.psycom.net/readings.cyclothymia.html http://www.mcmanweb.com/article-93.htm Schizoaffective Disorder... Major mood disorder in which a person also has at least two major symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations and delusions. http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Helpline1/Schizoaffective_Disorder.htm http://www.noah-health.org/english/illness/mentalhealth/cornell/conditions/schizoaf.html http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/52.cfm http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-ps05.html Seasonal Affective Disorder... Mood disorder involving at least two episodes of depression in the past two years occurring at the same time of year (most commonly fall or winter), with remission also occurring a the same time of year (most commonly springs). http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/27.cfm http://www.mentalhealth.com/book/p40-sad.html http://web.nami.org/helpline/sad.htm Major Depression Disorder... Severe mood disorder in which only depressive episodes occur most of every day for at least two week. Besides depression, the disorder involves other symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disturbance, loss of appetite and weight, psychomotor slowing, difficulty concentrating, self-denunciation, guilt, and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide. http://www.allaboutdepression.com/dia_03.html http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:-7GBkQ2cSG0J:www.psych.org/psych_pract/treatg/patientfam _guide/MajorDepressive.pd f++%22major+depressive+disorder%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/mjrdepd.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000945.htm http://depression.about.com/cs/diagnosis/a/mdd.htm http://www.depression.org/ http://www.psychnet-uk.com/dsm_iv/major_depression.htm http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx22.htm http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-md01.html http://www.mentalhealth.com/rx/p23-md01.html Dysthymia... Moderately severe mood disorder characterized by a persistently depress mood extending for at least two years with brief periods of normal moods. Additional symptoms may include poor appetite, sleep disturbance, lack of energy, low self-esteem, difficulty concentrating, and feelings of hopelessness. http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-md04.html http://depression.about.com/od/mooddisordertypes/ http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/26.cfm http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.dysthymia.html http://www.allaboutdepression.com/dia_04.html http://www.psychologyinfo.com/depression/dysthymic.htm http://www.biopsychiatry.com/dysthymia.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000918.htm http://www.mhsource.com/expert/exp1070196f.html Depression... Emotional state characterized by extraordinary sadness and dejection. http://www.depression.com/ http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html http://www.depression-screening.org/ http://depression.about.com/ http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm http://www.dbsalliance.org/ Suicide... Taking one's own life. http://www.sccenter.org/ http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/ http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.suicide.html http://www.yellowribbon.org/ http://www.afsp.org/index-1.htm http://www.suicideinfo.ca/ http://www.spanusa.org/

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Bill W. Vaughan, OMn, BSRC, MSSW, LMSW
Counselor, Psychotherapsit,
Full Service Counseling