What are mood disorders?

Mood Disorders Statistics
While major depressive disorder can develop at any age, the average age at onset is the mid-20s.

The average age of onset for a first manic episode of bipolar disorder is during the early 20s.

Dysthymic disorder, which often begins in childhood, adolescence, or early adulthood, affects nearly 10.9 million American adults each year.

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) report the following:

Research indicates that depression onset is occurring earlier in life today than in past decades.

Early-onset depression often persists, recurs, and continues into adulthood. Depression in youth may also predict more severe illness in adulthood.

Mood disorders is a category of mental health problems that include all types of depression and bipolar disorder. Mood disorders are sometimes called affective disorders.

During the 1980s, mental health professionals began to recognize symptoms of mood disorders in children and adolescents, as well as adults. However, children and adolescents do not necessarily experience or exhibit the same symptoms as adults. It is more difficult to diagnose mood disorders in children, especially because children are not always able to express how they feel. Today, clinicians and researchers believe that mood disorders in children and adolescents remain one of the most under-diagnosed mental health problems. At any age, mood disorders put individuals at risk for other conditions that may persist long after the initial episodes of depression are resolved.

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