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MANIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manic mean? 

MANIC (adjective)
  The adjective MANIC has 1 sense:

1. affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reasonplay

  Familiarity information: MANIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MANIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason

Synonyms:

frenzied; manic

Context example:

outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity and creativity

Similar:

wild (marked by extreme lack of restraint or control)

Derivation:

mania (an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action)

mania (a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently)


 Context examples 


Lithium salts are used to treat certain mental disorders, especially bipolar (manic depressive) disorder.

(Lithium, NCI Dictionary)

Aripiprazole is used in managing symptoms of schizophrenia and of acute manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorders.

(Aripiprazole, NCI Thesaurus)

These include: • Major depressive disorder • Dysthymic disorder (a chronic, mild depression) • Bipolar disorder (also called manic depression)

(Mood Disorders, NIH)

A major affective disorder marked by severe mood swings (manic or major depressive episodes) and a tendency to remission and recurrence.

(Bipolar Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Reviewing more than 2,000 studies, the team pulled data from a final group of 66 studies executed over a 36 year period to determine how response may be affected by the type and timing of sleep deprivation performed (total vs early or late partial sleep deprivation), the clinical sample (having depressive or manic episodes, or a combination of both), medication status, and age and gender of the sample.

(Sleep Deprivation: Effective Anti-Depressant, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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