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What is another name for manic depression illness?
Manic depression, or manic depressive disorder is nowadays more commonly known as Bipolar disorder or Bipolar affective disorder. It can also be referred to as Hypomania due to public unawareness.
Is the condition commonly known as manic depression is the mood disorder known as bipolar disorder?
There is no such thing as manic depressive behavior.Manic depression (more correctly called bipolar disorder) has a characteristic collection of mood related symptoms and is thus a mood disorder.
What is Manic depression usually called?
bipolar disorder
What is the other name for manic depression?
Bipolar Disorder
More about manic depression and bipolar disorder?
Manic depression and bipolar both refer to the same disorder. The individual will alternate between states of manic behavior and being depressed. Treatment is a combination of medication and psychotherapy.
What term for bipolar disorder has general use?
Manic depression
Is there another term for bipolar?
If you are referring to bipolar disorder, it used to be called manic-depression.
Manic depression is now usually called blink disorder?
Maniac depression is now called bipolar disorder.
What do the mood disorders Depression and Bipolar Disorder have in common?
Depression is one of the symptoms of bipolar. Also known as manic-depressive, the individual alternates between states of manic activity and depression.
What disorder is characterized by intense mood changes that produce manic and episodes?
Manic Depression is now referred to as bipolar disorder and is characterised by mood episodes. So they last at least 4 days. They also must have 'hi' manic episodes/hypomanic episodes (Type 2 bipolar) and 'low' depressions. These moods can last anywhere from days, to weeks, to months. And there is periods of normal functioning inbetween Borderline Personality Disorder has mood swing too, but they tend to last hours. More what you would typically describe as a mood swing.
Are Bipolar Disorder and Manic Depression the same thing?
Yes mania is characterized by intense mood changes, grandoisity, excess energy, and insomnia while depression is a comeplete lack of interest of things a person used to get pleasure from, a feeling of worthlessness, and a lack of energy or motivation.
What are the poles in bipolar disorder?
Manic and Depressive. Manic is extreme happiness or hyperness while depressive is well.. depression. Bipolar is like a meter there are highs, lows, and middle. For Bipolar Disorder the high would be Manic Phase, the Low would be Depression Phase and the middle would be Neutral
