Mania

Mania (/ˈmeɪniːə/ MAIN-ee-yah; dem sanso know as manic syndrome) be a psychiatric behavioral syndrome dem define as a state of abnormally elevated arousal, affect, den energy level. During a manic episode, an individual go experience rapidly changing emotions den moods, highly influenced by surrounding stimuli. Although mania often be conceived of as a "mirror image" to depression, de heightened mood fi be dysphoric as well as euphoric. As de mania dey intensify, irritability fi be more pronounced den result in anxiety anaa anger.

De symptoms of mania dey include elevated mood (either euphoric anaa irritable), flight of ideas, pressure of speech, increased energy, decreased "need" den desire for sleep, den hyperactivity. Dem be most plainly evident in fully developed hypomanic states, however, insyd full-blown mania, dese symptoms cam be progressively exacerbated. Insyd severe manic episodes, dese symptoms fi even be obscured by oda signs den symptoms characteristic of psychosis, such as delusions (e fi include delusions of grandeur den paranoid delusions), hallucinations, fragmentation of behavior, den catatonia. As a result, discernment be significantly reduced. Na more dan 5% of de general human population experience mania anaa hypomania insyd sam degree.

 References 

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 Schizoaffective Disorder . 2007 September Mayo Clinic. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
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 Psychotic Disorders. 2004 May. All Psych Online: Virtual Psychology Classroom. Retrieved October 2, 2007.


 External links 

 Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance 


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