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Late-onset mania is often a secondary characteristic of many other things, including strokes or dementia. It has also been linked to antidepressants, estrogens, and steroids.
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What is the leading cause of pericarditis in the elderly?
Malignancy or renal failure are the main causes of this disorder in the elderly.
What is Bipolar disorder also called?
Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).
What phase of the moon causes the manic side of bipolar disorder?
The moon has no effect on which mood a person is in.
What was the older name for Bipolar Disorder?
It used to be called Manic-Depressive Illness.
Is manic depression a result of genes or the environment?
Manic depression is also known as bipolar disorder. A person is born with susceptablity to the disorder. It often runs in families and can be inherited. But the trigger is from the environment. Something, like a relationship, causes anxiety or insecurity. This in turn starts the manic depression.
Is manic episodes similar to impulse control disorder?
In the physical sense, there are similarities. The causes are thought to differ.
What occurs in Manic depressive disorder?
A mood disorder characterized by manic highs and depressive lows
What disorder causes someone to talk too much not allowing others to converse?
The most likely disorder that causes excessive talking and not allowing others to converse is called logorrhea or pressured speech, often associated with conditions such as bipolar disorder, ADHD, or schizophrenia. It can be a symptom of mania or hypomania and may result in the affected individual feeling an intense need to talk, often at a fast pace, with racing thoughts.
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.
What is Manic depressive disorder also called?
Bipolar disorder
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 bipolar I?
Bipolar I disorder is characterized by manic episodes, the "high" of the manic-depressive cycle.
