Illness

A mood disorder ( colloquially: malaise ) is a negative feeling that is perceived purely subjective and not necessarily disease has value ( this is also the term mood disturbance usual). Your opposite is the well-being.

You can see the mood disorder and the well-being as defined by the World Health Organization broken down as follows in three areas of physical, mental and social well -being. In a positive sense, many people talk of good general condition without this differentiation into different areas. In the negative sense is spoken by bad general condition when set as a result of illness or disability general defense reactions of the body and / or the functionality of the whole organism decreases. This could occur, for example, in weight loss, fever or immune defense and in physical or mental exhaustion. A result, the functions of the whole organism or general physical adaptation and the functional reserves are limited. With bad general condition and an individual disharmony of physical, mental and social integration is meant also see links.

Physical health disorders

The physical health disorders can be due to illness, disability or health impairment (eg, concentration problems, hangovers, hunger and thirst) exist. Many diseases can announce with mood disorders. In addition, conditions such as climate change and weather changes as a result of changes in the weather reasons for a mood disorder. The absorption toxiner substances from the body can also lead to mood disorders, a widely used S- sentence reads: " In case of accident or if you feel unwell seek medical advice immediately ( if possible, show this label). " Environmental factors can trigger this, such as odors or disgust. Also, menstrual cramps or discomfort during puberty and menopause ( menopausal symptoms ) manifest themselves in disturbance of mood.

Symptoms, in which is expressed serious side effects are, for example fatigue, dizziness or vomiting, a " sick feeling in the stomach area ", dry mucous membranes, or other symptoms that under malaise and fatigue (symptom complex R53 according to ICD -10) are summarized.

Mental health disorders

This mood disorder is due to a negative perception in the psychic realm.

Causes are, inter alia, adverse life circumstances, such as prolonged stress or overdue recovery.

It may be that the person is sullen or over time, thereby suffers a mental illness such as insomnia or alcoholism.

The psychological discomfort can eventually lead to despair.

Social mood disorder

In the social interaction may in individual members of a community, a mood disorder occur when their social role is disturbed from the outside or from the inside (see, for example, unwanted physical contact ( pushing and shoving ); bullying or isolation).

Theoretical concepts

Empirical results regarding the complaints areas

The detection of mood disorders is carried out in practice by so-called complaints questionnaire. It is experienced impairment of physical and / or psychological functions. The breakdown of complaints areas were all using the method of factor analysis, the individual analyzes show good matching results. Many complaints detection method followed by a hierarchical structure, for capturing different differentiation levels are used.

• General discomfort level ( psycho is used diagnostically in complaint questionnaire as a screening for the presence of mental disorders ). Physical versus psychological discomfort
• Specific physical ailments - non-specific mental state impairments - Specific Mental complaints Individual complaints areas Digestive, cardiovascular, sensory disturbances, sleep disturbances (specific physical)
• Exhaustion, excitement, power failure, self- depreciation ( non-specific)
• Fears, compulsions, discomfort in social communication ( specifically mental)

Psychoanalytic theory

According to psychoanalytic theories temporary mood disorders in the earliest stages of development are responsible for the formation of the child's self. This development takes place during the narcissistic or oral stage of development usually have a symbolic occupation of the inner nut image ( imago ). The so-called "good and the bad mother picture < serve as a starting point for the beginning of self-awareness. The symbolically occupied mother image undergoes a differentiation of meanings ( situation circle). As a primitive stage of early childhood development a fusion of childlike selves is assumed to be that of the parent (primary narcissism ). Feelings of > Sign - ill- being "of the child are therefore initially connected or associated with the notion of the ' bad mother '. Negative feelings of well-being childish but also contribute to the cleavage of the fused with the mother in early childhood self-consciousness in ( subject- object split ). Such feelings challenge the incipient own abilities of the child, which are set in motion due to progressive physiological maturation processes of the brain (action scheme). Due to this increasing elimination own self- created play in the imagination of the child.