Mood transtorno induced by outro especificado psychoactive substance 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 a specified psychoactive substance. The intensity or duration of the symptoms is substantially in excess of mood disturbances that are characteristic of intoxicação com or abstinência from a specified psychoactive substance. The amount and duration of uso of the specified psychoactive substance 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 uso of the specified psychoactive substance, if the symptoms persist for a substantial period of time after cessation of the uso of the specified psychoactive substance or abstinência from the specified psychoactive substance, 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 the uso of the specified psychoactive substance).