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manic-depression
n. (alternative form of manic depression English)
Usage examples of "manic-depression".
It started with a serious bipolar disorder, what used to be called manic-depression.
That was merely obsessive manic-depression bordering on dementia praecox.
It has been discovered recently that what we call mental illness or mental disturbance -- such syndromes as the schizophrenias and the cyclothemic phenomena of manic-depression -- may have to do with faulty brain metabolism, the failure of certain brain catalysts such as serotonin and noradrenaline to act properly.
Strong (sometimes conclusive) evidence has been found for genetic predispositions in psychoses, manic-depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and various phobias (with other dysfunctions, no doubt, to follow).