Is paranoid mental disorder a mood disorder?

Dr. Jesse Nelson
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2025-05-01 23:45:36
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Paranoid mental disorder generally refers to delusional disorder, delusional disorder is not a mood disorder.
Paranoid disorder is a long-term persistent delusion as the main feature of a mental illness, generally and genetic, biological factors and psychological environmental factors. Mood disorder is a mood or emotional changes as the main feature of mental illness, consider genetic, neurobiochemical factors, psychosocial factors and other reasons. Although both fall into the category of mental disorders, there are significant differences in symptoms, characteristics, and treatment, so delusional disorders are not mood disorders.