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substance-induced mood disorder

in DSM–IV–TR, significant and persistent emotional disturbance believed to be caused directly by the physiological effects of a substance, which may be a drug of abuse, a medicinal drug, or a heavy metal or toxin (e.g., gasoline, paint, an organophosphate insecticide). When caused by a drug of abuse, the mood disturbance must be more severe than that normally experienced as part of substance intoxication or substance withdrawal. Medications that can cause mood disturbance include antihypertensives, steroids, psychotropic drugs, and many others. In DSM–5, the disturbance is called substance/medication-induced depressive disorder.

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