manic depression

See also: manic-depression

English

Noun

manic depression (uncountable)

(clinical psychology, psychiatry, dated) A psychiatric diagnostic category, now called bipolar disorder, characterised by mood swings between great energy (manic) and clinical depression.

Synonyms

Related terms

manic-depressive

Translations

bipolar disorder (dated)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 躁鬱症／躁郁症 (zàoyùzhèng), 躁狂抑鬱症／躁狂抑郁症 (zh) (zàokuángyìyùzhèng), 雙相情感障礙／双相情感障碍 (shuāngxiàng qínggǎn zhàng'ài)
Czech: maniodepresivní psychóza f
Danish: maniodepressiv sindslidelse
Finnish: maanis-depressiivinen häiriö
Greek: μανιοκατάθλιψη (el) f (maniokatáthlipsi)
Italian: sindrome maniaco-depressiva
Japanese: 躁鬱病 (そううつびょう, sōutsubyō)
Turkish: manik depresyon

bipolar disorder — see bipolar disorder

References

bipolar disorder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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