Meaning | A mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression. |
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Synonyms | manic depression, manic depressive illness, manic-depressive psychosis |
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Narrower | cyclothymia, cyclothymic disorder, cyclic disorder | A mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time |
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Broader | affective disorder, major affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance | Any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant |
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Spanish | psicosis maniacodepresiva, trastorno bipolar |
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Catalan | trastorn bipolar |
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