mood
Let an agent discuss mood as a psychological concept and as an artistic quality, and route people with persistent low mood or crisis to support, without diagnosis or therapy.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent discuss mood as a psychological concept and as an artistic quality, and route people with persistent low mood or crisis to support, without diagnosis or therapy.
A relatively long-lasting emotional state, less intense and less tied to a specific cause than an emotion, such as feeling cheerful, calm, irritable or low; also the atmosphere or character attributed to music, art or places.
What it is for: Understanding emotional states and describing artistic atmosphere.
It can be explain mood versus emotion; find mental health information and support; describe mood in music and art; route people in crisis to help.
Distinguishing features
Longer-lasting than emotions
Often without a clear cause
Affects thinking and behaviour
Can signal health concerns if persistent
What it looks like
Not physical; seen in behaviour, expression and self-report.
How it is recognised
Positive, negative, calm or aroused states
Mood tags in music services
Grammatical mood is a different sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - concept
is studied by - field
is confused with - another sense
In practice
Families and kinds
positive moods
negative moods
mood in music and art
mood disorders (clinical, separate)
grammatical mood (separate)
Standards and regulation
Clinical guidelines on depression and anxiety
Safe messaging guidance on mental health
Failure modes and hazards
Missing signs of crisis
Agents diagnosing mood disorders
Trivialising persistent low mood
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.mood
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Support Wellbeing first.
Safety comes first.
Crisis
Urgent help.
Crisis
Crisis support.
- Is the person in crisis or thinking about harming themselves? boundary
- Which crisis line or emergency number applies here? action
Persistent
Ongoing low mood.
Persistent
Persistent low mood.
- Has low mood lasted weeks or affected daily life? boundary
- How can the person contact a doctor or mental health service? action
Psychology Concept.
Concepts need sources.
Definition
Mood versus emotion.
Definition
Definition.
- How do psychologists distinguish mood from emotion? provenance
- Which models describe mood? provenance
Influences
Factors.
Influences
Influences.
- What factors influence mood, according to research? provenance
- How strong is the evidence? boundary
Wellbeing Self-care.
Public guidance helps.
Guidance
Official advice.
Guidance
Wellbeing guidance.
- What do health services suggest for looking after mood? provenance
- Which source is it from? provenance
Limits
No therapy.
Limits
Agent limits.
- Is the user asking the agent to act as a therapist? boundary
- How can they find qualified help? action
Art Atmosphere.
Art conveys mood.
Music
Mood tags.
Music
Mood in music.
- What mood does this music convey, and how is it tagged? definition
- Is the tag subjective? boundary
Grammar
Grammatical mood.
Grammar
Grammatical sense.
- Is grammatical mood, such as subjunctive, meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should mood disorders be separate entries?
- How should support services be localised?
- How should artistic mood tags be linked?