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Organic mood disorder

MedGen UID:
45222
•Concept ID:
C0029232
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Organic affective disorder; Organic Affective Syndrome
SNOMED CT: Organic mood disorder (23645006); Organic affective disorder (23645006)

Definition

A mental disorder caused by intrinsic disease which is characterized by persistent alterations in mood that are directly attributable to the disease itself rather than a response to knowledge of the disease or other co-morbidity. It may be broadly classified as a depressive or bipolar disorder due to a general medical condition. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVOrganic mood disorder

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Subduing the Green-eyed Monster: Bridging the Psychopharmacological and Psychosocial Treatment Perspective in Understanding Pathological Jealousy.
Samad FDA, Sidi H, Kumar J, Das S, Midin M, Hatta NH
Curr Drug Targets 2019;20(2):201-209. doi: 10.2174/1389450118666170704142708. PMID: 28675999
The prevalence and differential diagnosis of subclinical depressive syndromes in inpatients 60 years and older.
Schneider G, Kruse A, Nehen HG, Senf W, Heuft G
Psychother Psychosom 2000 Sep-Oct;69(5):251-60. doi: 10.1159/000012404. PMID: 10965290
Past mental health or substance use treatment history and psychiatric differential diagnosis in consultation-liaison patients.
Rundell JR, Hall RC
Psychosomatics 1997 May-Jun;38(3):262-8. doi: 10.1016/S0033-3182(97)71463-4. PMID: 9136255

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Pediatric NMDA Receptor Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Case Series From a Tertiary Care Center in India.
Basheer S, Nagappa M, Mahadevan A, Bindu PS, Taly AB, Girimaji SC
Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2017 Aug 17;19(4) doi: 10.4088/PCC.17m02110. PMID: 28841275
Psychopathological and neuropsychological effects of 8-days' corticosteroid treatment. A prospective study.
Naber D, Sand P, Heigl B
Psychoneuroendocrinology 1996 Jan;21(1):25-31. doi: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00031-3. PMID: 8778901
Depression in the elderly.
Casey DA
South Med J 1994 May;87(5):559-63. PMID: 8178211
Organic mood disorder: a valid psychiatry consultation diagnosis?
Yates WR, Wesner RB, Thompson R
J Affect Disord 1991 May-Jun;22(1-2):37-42. doi: 10.1016/0165-0327(91)90081-3. PMID: 1880306
Causes of organic mood disorder.
Rundell JR, Wise MG
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1989 Fall;1(4):398-400. doi: 10.1176/jnp.1.4.398. PMID: 2521090

Diagnosis

Depression in the elderly.
Casey DA
South Med J 1994 May;87(5):559-63. PMID: 8178211
Geriatric mania.
Young RC
Clin Geriatr Med 1992 May;8(2):387-99. PMID: 1600488
Organic mood disorder: a valid psychiatry consultation diagnosis?
Yates WR, Wesner RB, Thompson R
J Affect Disord 1991 May-Jun;22(1-2):37-42. doi: 10.1016/0165-0327(91)90081-3. PMID: 1880306
Major depression versus organic mood disorder: a questionable distinction.
Fogel BS
J Clin Psychiatry 1990 Feb;51(2):53-6. PMID: 2404962
Causes of organic mood disorder.
Rundell JR, Wise MG
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1989 Fall;1(4):398-400. doi: 10.1176/jnp.1.4.398. PMID: 2521090

Therapy

Psychopathological and neuropsychological effects of 8-days' corticosteroid treatment. A prospective study.
Naber D, Sand P, Heigl B
Psychoneuroendocrinology 1996 Jan;21(1):25-31. doi: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00031-3. PMID: 8778901
Depression in the elderly.
Casey DA
South Med J 1994 May;87(5):559-63. PMID: 8178211
Organic mood disorder associated with the HAIR-AN syndrome.
Levin TR, Terrell TR, Stoudemire A
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1992 Winter;4(1):51-4. doi: 10.1176/jnp.4.1.51. PMID: 1627962
Geriatric mania.
Young RC
Clin Geriatr Med 1992 May;8(2):387-99. PMID: 1600488
Propranolol and depression: evidence from the antihypertensive trials.
Patten SB
Can J Psychiatry 1990 Apr;35(3):257-9. doi: 10.1177/070674379003500312. PMID: 2140288

Prognosis

Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Pediatric NMDA Receptor Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Case Series From a Tertiary Care Center in India.
Basheer S, Nagappa M, Mahadevan A, Bindu PS, Taly AB, Girimaji SC
Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2017 Aug 17;19(4) doi: 10.4088/PCC.17m02110. PMID: 28841275
Co-occurrence of Marfan syndrome and bipolar disorder: A fifteen year follow up.
Jha VN, Kumar M, Tarwani J
Asian J Psychiatr 2016 Dec;24:91-92. Epub 2016 Sep 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2016.09.009. PMID: 27931917
Geriatric mania.
Young RC
Clin Geriatr Med 1992 May;8(2):387-99. PMID: 1600488
Cyclosporine-associated organic mental disorders in liver transplant recipients.
Craven JL
Psychosomatics 1991 Winter;32(1):94-102. doi: 10.1016/S0033-3182(91)72117-8. PMID: 2003144
Organic mood disorder: a valid psychiatry consultation diagnosis?
Yates WR, Wesner RB, Thompson R
J Affect Disord 1991 May-Jun;22(1-2):37-42. doi: 10.1016/0165-0327(91)90081-3. PMID: 1880306

Clinical prediction guides

Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Pediatric NMDA Receptor Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Case Series From a Tertiary Care Center in India.
Basheer S, Nagappa M, Mahadevan A, Bindu PS, Taly AB, Girimaji SC
Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2017 Aug 17;19(4) doi: 10.4088/PCC.17m02110. PMID: 28841275
Psychopathological and neuropsychological effects of 8-days' corticosteroid treatment. A prospective study.
Naber D, Sand P, Heigl B
Psychoneuroendocrinology 1996 Jan;21(1):25-31. doi: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00031-3. PMID: 8778901
Organic mood disorder, manic type, associated with hyponatremia: a case report.
Baar JM
Int J Psychiatry Med 1994;24(3):223-8. doi: 10.2190/BB2P-2YM7-69GE-WC7P. PMID: 7890480
Organic mania induced by phenytoin: a case report.
Patten SB, Klein GM, Lussier C, Sawa R
Can J Psychiatry 1989 Nov;34(8):827-8. doi: 10.1177/070674378903400818. PMID: 2510921

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