manic depression

See also: manic-depression

English

Noun

manic depression (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• bipolar disorder
• schizomania

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