Mood Disorders in Rheumatoid Arthritis

The mood disorder refers to a sequence of mood episodes. Mood disorder are further classified as depressive (major depressive or bipolar) The course of this disorder is characterized as unipolar or bipolar. The aim of the study is to show the relationship between the mood disorder and rheumatoid arthritis and to classify some of the relationship between etiology,symptoms and underlying biochemical processes. Method :Use in this study Three appendix to asses the cases A cohort study composes of 50 patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis with repeated mood disorders the samples was chosen from both outpatient in Rheumatology unit in IMAM- Al -Sadek teaching hospital and Margin teaching hospital the study was carry out during the period from the first Oct. 2018 through the first April 2019 for each patient critical interview was done by sociodemographic data was recorded according to- appendix A-. The interview was based on national institute of mental health diagnostic interview schedule (NIMH-DIS). Quetionnare designed t0 assess Mood Disorders which include question specific for the diagnosis of depression (72-99) and for mania (100-117) where used to confirm the diagnosis- appendix B-. and proposed 2007 Revised American Rheumatism Association criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis -appendix C-3. The Result of study revealed the following result the feature of the mood disorder in rheumatoid arthritis where studied in 50 patient a total of 40% meat criteria for mood disorders based on (NIMH-DIS) it’s This slightly more in females and more in married patients

Conclusion:This study proved that most of the mood symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis case appeared to be of mild severity and more often showed symptoms of fatigability work retardation, sadness and less suicidal feeling