Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic-induced mood transtorno is characterised by mood symptoms (e.g., depressed or elevated mood, decreased engagement in pleasurable activities, increased or decreased energy levels) that develop during or soon after intoxicação com or abstinência from sedatives, hypnotics or anxiolytics. The intensity or duration of the symptoms is substantially in excess of mood disturbances that are characteristic of intoxicação or abstinência due to sedatives, hypnotics or anxiolytics. The amount and duration of sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic uso must be capable of producing mood symptoms. The symptoms are not better explained by a primary mental transtorno (e.g., a Depressive transtorno, a Bipolar transtorno, Transtorno esquizoafetivo), as might be the case if the mood symptoms preceded the onset of the sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic uso, if the symptoms persist for a substantial period of time after cessation of the sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic uso or abstinência, or if there is other evidence of a pre-existing primary mental transtorno com mood symptoms (e.g., a history of prior episodes not associated com sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic uso).