Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. (context clinical psychology English) A psychiatric diagnostic category, now called bipolar disorder, characterised by mood swings between great energy (manic) and clinical depression.
WordNet
n. a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression [syn: bipolar disorder, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis]
Wikipedia
"Manic Depression" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1967. Music critic William Ruhlmann describes the lyrics as "more an expression of romantic frustration than the clinical definition of manic depression." The song is performed in an uptempo triple metre ( or ), an unusual time signature for hard rock. It also features Mitch Mitchell's jazz-influenced drumming and a parallel guitar and bass line. The song is included on their debut album, Are You Experienced and live versions appear on BBC Sessions and Winterland.
Other musicians who have recorded "Manic Depression" include Jeff Beck with Seal, Besh o droM, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Bonerama, Carnivore, Clawfinger, Larry Coryell, Tanya Donelly, Katharina Franck, Jan Hammer, Ben Harper, David Ryan Harris, Eric Johnson, King's X, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Nomeansno, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Styx, Type O Negative, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rozz Williams, Gitane Demone, and Alice Cooper's Hollywood Vampires.
The original Hendrix performance of "Manic Depression" was used in a climax of season 4 of 1980s TV series Moonlighting while Bruce Willis's character violently destroys a BMW sports car, symbolic of his frustrations over co-star Cybill Shepherd's character.
Manic depression is a historical term for bipolar disorder, a mental illness.
Manic depression may also refer to:
- "Manic Depression" (song), by Jimi Hendrix and covered by many artists
Usage examples of "manic depression".
Matthews was bipolar the diagnosis that used to be called manic depression.
One of the more extensive packages for depression and manic depression involves two books and a video tape by Mary Ellen Copeland (1993, 1994).
She had a new context now: possibly a new and even a more understandable explanation for what Warwick had done, devastatingly different from her initial belief and the finding of the coroner that, suffering a recurrence of his teenage manic depression, Warwick had taken his life under the pressure of criticized and sometimes rejected Home Office legal work.