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The article talks in great detail about people switching through major changes in mood. Observed patients would cycle between depressive lows to energetic highs, in a seemingly endless cycle of changing moods from one extreme to the next. Falret’s article is considered to be the first documented identification of a mood disorder ever reported in a scientific setting.

Natural worriers are not necessarily always in a bad mood. A person who always imagines a worst-case scenario does not necessarily have a mood disorder.

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History of Mood Disorders