Symptoms or signs involving mood or affect

Description

Symptoms and signs involving the regulation and expression of emotions or feeling states. [1]

Subcategories

• MB24.0 Ambivalence

  Conflicting ideas, wishes, or feelings toward a person, thing or situation that are distressing and may create difficulties in making decisions. [1]

• MB24.1 Anger

  An emotional state related to one's psychological interpretation of having been threatened that may range in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage. [1]

• MB24.2 Anhedonia

  Inability to experience pleasure from normally pleasurable activities. [1]

• MB24.3 Anxiety

  Apprehensiveness or anticipation of future danger or misfortune accompanied by a feeling of worry, distress, or somatic symptoms of tension. The focus of anticipated danger may be internal or external. [1]

• MB24.4 Apathy

  A reduction or lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern; a state of indifference. [1]

• MB24.5 Depressed mood

  Negative affective state characterised by low mood, sadness, emptiness, hopelessness, or dejection [1]

• MB24.6 Disturbance of affect

  A disturbance in the expression or outward manifestation of mood. [1]

• MB24.7 Dysphoria

  An unpleasant mood state, which can include feelings of depression, anxiety, discontent, irritability, and unhappiness [1]

• MB24.8 Elevated mood

  A positive mood state typically characterised by increased energy and self-esteem which may be out of proportion to the individual's life circumstances. [1]

• MB24.9 Euphoria

  An exaggerated feeling of physical and emotional well-being and vitality. [1]

• MB24.A Fear

  An emotional response to perceived imminent threat or danger associated with urges to flee or fight. [1]

• MB24.B Feelings of guilt

  Remorse related to past events or one's past actions (or inaction), thoughts, or desires. [1]

• MB24.C Irritability

  A mood state characterised by being easily annoyed and provoked to anger, out of proportion to the circumstances. [1]

• MB24.D Leaden paralysis

  A feeling that one's arms or legs are as heavy as lead, associated with a form of depression that also commonly includes overeating and oversleeping. [1]

• MB24.E Mental rumination

  Mental preoccupation with negative events, personal characteristics, or failures. [1]

• MB24.F Restlessness

  A feeling of being unable to keep still. [1]

• MB24.G Tantrum

  An emotional outburst, usually among children or those in emotional distress, that is typically characterised by stubbornness, crying, screaming, defiance, anger, a resistance to attempts at pacification, and in some cases hitting or other violent behaviour. [1]

• MB24.H Worry

  Unpleasant thoughts that are difficult to control, related to anticipated potential negative events. [1]

References

1. World Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision, for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (ICD-11 MMS), 2026-01 release. World Health Organization; 2026.

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