mania
10
8.1
- noun
- /ˈmeɪniə/
- Specialized
:
manía
- Their likelihood of experiencing mania and PTSD was very highly elevated, at nine and ten times respectively.
- mania and hypomania
- depression or mania
- mania disorder
So yeah, so it's drugs and alcohol and mania don't don't mix well.
- So yeah, so it's drugs and alcohol and mania don't don't mix well.
- I can, it can be very grandiose, but my, my mania, it kind of hides a little bit.
- They'll ask it for depression, they'll ask it for mania.
- And it can come with, with agitated depression or also with agitated mania.
- And yet the hypo can be due to the duration, not the intensity of mania.
- It has seizure preventative like components to it, but it's also to control mania.
- And then he had a change of state and it moved away from this optimistic bright mania.
- And one of the more interesting effects is that creatine has actually been shown to increase mania in people that are already manic.
- I think that's he's getting he with a mania comes weird behavior.
Examples
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The second most frequently cited adverse effect in our review was mania.
Academic text (2016) -
And they might also be bipolar, where they have this mania that stretches out across days followed by a period of depression.
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What is really concerning to me is the mania I went through the whole day...
Blog text (25) -
Or like how in the middle of the night, when my mania is mixed with my depression.
Blog text (21) -
Prevalence of mania disorders did not vary by age or gender.
Academic text (2000) -
You're experiencing depression and mania simultaneously.
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She has a history with drug abuse and mania and she's been in and out of our unit a few times.
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SMI means a life lived with hallucinations, delusions, mania, or depression.
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She'd have violent mood swings ranging from mania, where she'd be elated and make elaborate plans for the future, to severe depression where she'd become almost catatonic.
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During her episodes of mania, she would often stay awake for days, full of energy and grand ideas.
Synonyms
1
6.5
A mental illness that causes very high mood, energy, and activity, sometimes with impulsive or violent behavior
Antonyms
- Specialized
61
3.7
A long lasting medical illness of deep sadness that needs treatment by a doctor
How Severe
- Archaic
- Specialized
10
8.1
- Specialized
1
8.4
4
3.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mania comes from the Greek word mania meaning 'madness' or 'wild excitement'. In medicine it keeps that meaning and names a state of very high energy and strong excitement where a person may lose control.