Manic depression
Understand the symptoms of bipolar disorder and manic depression There's no cure for bipolar disorder, but understanding the symptoms and what triggers an episode can help people to live a normal life. The exact causes of bipolar disorder aren't ... [... more]
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Psychosis, information from the Mental Health Foundation
It is a symptom of some of the more severe forms of mental health problem, such as manic depression, schizophrenia, substance abuse or some forms of personality disorder. Psychosis, information from the Mental Health Foundation 'Psychosis' ... [... more]
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Bi-polar disorder (manic depression)
Bi-polar disorder, information from the Mental Health Foundation Bi-polar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a mood disorder, characterised by swings in a person's mood from high to low - euphoric to depressed. In the manic phase (also ... [... more]
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Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder, previously called manic depression, is a condition that affects your moods, which can swing from one extreme to another. If you have bipolar disorder, you will have periods, or 'episodes' of depression and mania. The two ... [... more]
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Bipolar affective disorder
Bipolar affective disorder (manic depression) is a mood disorder that is characterised by: It is a serious condition but can be helped with the right treatment. Anybody can suffer from bipolar affective disorder. It is estimated that one per cent ... [... more]
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Bipolar affective disorder (manic depression)
Bipolar affective disorder is also known as manic depression or bipolar depression. It is a mood disorder. The sufferer experiences marked mood swings which are beyond what most people experience. These extremes of mood may include the lows of ... [... more]
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Gloria Hochman
In her revealing bestseller Call Me Anna, Patty Duke shared her long-kept secret: the talented, Oscar-winning actress who won our hearts on The Patty Duke Show was suffering from a serious-but-treatable-mental illness called manic depression. For ... [... more]
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Patty Duke
In her revealing bestseller Call Me Anna, Patty Duke shared her long-kept secret: the talented, Oscar-winning actress who won our hearts on The Patty Duke Show was suffering from a serious-but-treatable-mental illness called manic depression. For ... [... more]
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Andy Behrman
Andy Behrman graduated from Wesleyan University in 1984. A freelance writer, he lives in New York City. is an emotionally frenzied memoir that reveals with kaleidoscopic intensity the terrifying world of manic depression. For years Andy Behrman ... [... more]
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Bipolar disorder
Understand the symptoms of bipolar disorder and manic depression. There's no cure for bipolar disorder, but understanding the symptoms and what triggers an episode can help people to live a normal life. The exact causes of bipolar disorder aren't ... [... more]
BBC |
Mania and bipolar disorder (aka manic depression)
Our moods are rarely completely stable and the world would be a very boring place if they were constantly the same, without the little things that make us feel happy or sad. For some, spring is a time of lifted mood as the weather starts to ... [... more]
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What causes delusions?
Delusions are fixed, false beliefs, for example that someone is listening to your phone calls or trying to kill you. Delusions are usually diagnosed as one of the symptoms of psychotic disorders such as dementia, manic depression, schizophrenia ... [... more]
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