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Mood Disorders

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Mood disorders are a group of diagnoses in which there is a disturbance in an individual’s mood and include major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. Individuals who serve in the military may be prone to depression and other mood disorders, at least partially as a result of exposure to combat, separation from family during deployment or training, and other traumatic factors. Veterans are more likely to develop a mood disorder than their civilian counterparts, despite having several protective factors associated with military service. Special considerations are warranted for subpopulations of veterans, such as veteran women and older adult veterans. This chapter highlights the prevalence of mood disorders in veterans, common symptoms and specific diagnostic criteria related to each disorder, history of mood disorders within military and veteran cultures and care systems, etiologies of mood disorders, treatment options found within military and Veterans Administration health-care systems, and cutting-edge advancements in mood disorders research.

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Correspondence to Leanne M. Williams .

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Padula, C.B., Vanden Bussche, A.B., Williams, L.M. (2018). Mood Disorders. In: Roberts, L., Warner, C. (eds) Military and Veteran Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7438-2_14

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