And when the child dies in Lawrence's story in a delirium that is somehow brought on by his mania to win and to make his mother rich, the manifest absurdity of such a disease and such a death does not enter into our thoughts at all.

* Asenapine ( Saphris ) is a 5-HT2A-and D2-receptor antagonist under development for the treatment of schizophrenia and acute mania associated with bipolar disorder.

A further distinction is sometimes made in the ordering of the letters, to represent the order of the episodes, where the patient's normal state is euthymic, interrupted by episodes of mania followed by depression ( MD ) or vice versa ( DM ).

Employing this schema, major depression would be denoted D. Unipolar mania ( M ) is, depending on the authority cited, either very rare, or nonexistent with such cases actually being Md.

Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder ( historically known as manic-depressive disorder ) is a psychiatric diagnosis for a mood disorder in which people experience disruptive mood swings that encompass a frenzied state known as mania ( or hypomania ) and, usually, symptoms of depression.

These events are usually separated by periods of " normal " mood ; but, in some individuals, depression and mania may rapidly alternate, which is known as rapid cycling.

Bipolar disorder can appear to be unipolar depression: what distinguishes bipolar disorder from unipolar depression is the presence of mania ( or hypomania ).

Although bipolar disorder is marked by a transition depression and mania, depression is far more common

To be diagnosed with mania according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM ), a person must experience this state of elevated or irritable mood, as well as other symptoms, for at least one week, less if hospitalization is required.

Hypomania is generally a mild to moderate level of mania, characterized by optimism, pressure of speech and activity, and decreased need for sleep.

In the context of bipolar disorder, a mixed state is a condition during which symptoms of mania and clinical depression occur simultaneously.

Hypomanic episodes do not go to the full extremes of mania ( i. e., do not usually cause severe social or occupational impairment, and are without psychosis ), and this can make bipolar II more difficult to diagnose, since the hypomanic episodes may simply appear as a period of successful high productivity and is reported less frequently than a distressing, crippling depression.

It has been noted that the bipolar disorder diagnosis is officially characterised in historical terms such that, technically, anyone with a history of ( hypo ) mania and depression has bipolar disorder whatever their current or future functioning and vulnerability.

Lorazepam is most commonly used but clonazepam is sometimes prescribed for acute psychosis or mania ; their long-term use is not recommended due to risks of dependence.

Electroconvulsive therapy ( ECT ) is an effective treatment for catatonia as well as for most of the underlying causes ( e. g. psychosis, mania, depression ).

A major reason for the motorway construction " mania " of the 2000s is a previous political halt of the major Croatian highway project, today's A1, in the 1970s and 1980s under former Yugoslavia.

Gelder, Mayou, and Geddes ( 2005 ) suggest that it is vital that mania be predicted in the early stages because otherwise the patient becomes reluctant to comply to the treatment.

The criteria for bipolar disorder do not include depressive episodes, and the presence of mania in the absence of depressive episodes is sufficient for a diagnosis.

Because mania and hypomania have also been associated with creativity and artistic talent, it is not always the case that the clearly manic bipolar person needs or wants medical help ; such persons often either retain sufficient self-control to function normally or are unaware that they have " gone manic " severely enough to be committed or to commit themselves.

A naturalistic study from first admission for mania or mixed episode ( representing the hospitalized and therefore most severe cases ) found that 50 % achieved syndromal recovery ( no longer meeting criteria for the diagnosis ) within six weeks and 98 % within two years.

One of the most signature symptoms of mania ( and to a lesser extent, hypomania ) is what many have described as racing thoughts.

While medication for bipolar disorder is important to manage symptoms of mania and depression, studies show relying on medications alone is not the most effective method of treatment.

In Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania by Andy Behrman, he describes his experience of mania as " the most perfect prescription glasses with which to see the world ... life appears in front of you like an oversized movie screen ".

Today, ECT is most often recommended for use as a treatment for severe depression that has not responded to other treatment, and is also used in the treatment of mania and catatonia.

Nine of the patients were diagnosed as suffering from depression, six from schizophrenia, two from panic disorder, and one each from mania, catatonia and manic-depression with the most prominent symptoms being anxiety and agitation.

Thus, there are depressive disorders, of which the best-known and most researched is major depressive disorder ( MDD ) commonly called clinical depression or major depression, and bipolar disorder ( BD ), formerly known as manic depression and characterized by intermittent episodes of mania or hypomania, usually interlaced with depressive episodes.

He argued that otherwise positive character traits could cause a person to be vulnerable to the distressing vicissitudes of life, for example " those persons endowed with a warmth of imagination and a depth of sensitivity, who are capable of experiencing powerful and intense emotions, it is they who are most predisposed to mania ".

The great manufacturing cities of Manchester and Birmingham were major economic drivers for the ' canal mania ' which reached its peak in 1793, and both benefited from a network of canals, most of which survive.

Anonymous 17th-century watercolor of the Semper Augustus, famous for being the most expensive tulip sold during tulip mania.

" Viennese society had, since the days of Austria's eclipse at Sadowa, sought to conceal the injured patriotic emotions born of that disaster by affecting a hysterical sort of gaiety which was somewhat foreign to the real character of the people ... like all forced characteristics, the new-found frivility of the Viennese degenerated quickly into a positive mania for wickedness, without, at the same time, taking on any of the picturesque artistry which conceals-and often condones-the refined viciousness of Parisians ... who, also, after 1870, went through for many years a phase of social madness similar to that which affected Austria ... Viennese society was probably the most dissipated in Europe, and so became a happy mart for ladies of that type that serves the foibles of a prince.

During the years of the fictional spy mania initially begun by the James Bond stories Haggard was considered by most critics to be at the very top of the field.

When the mania ended, most of the titles were canceled.

Though, like most of his countrymen, he suffered from the mania for grandeur, and was too fond of imposing schemes out of all proportion with the resources of the state, he was undoubtedly an able and patriotic man, whose administration was beneficial to Spain.

As with dancing mania, participants apparently did not like the colour black, and women were reported to be most affected.

Ergotism can cause hallucinations, but cannot account for the other strange behaviour most commonly identified with dancing mania.

In full-blown mania, often the manic person will feel as though his or her goal ( s ) trump all else, that there are no consequences or that negative consequences would be minimal, and that they need not exercise restraint in the pursuit of what they are after.

Although " severely elevated mood " sounds somewhat desirable and enjoyable, the experience of mania is ultimately often quite unpleasant and sometimes disturbing, if not frightening, for the person involved and for those close to them, and it may lead to impulsive behavior that may later be regretted.

However, unlike with full mania, those with hypomanic symptoms are often fully functioning.

If left untreated, hypomania can transition into mania and sometimes psychosis, in which case, bipolar I disorder is often diagnosed.

The illness often occurs during psychosis, especially in patients with schizophrenia, delusional disorder or bipolar mania.

Though the band was tightly rehearsed, the instrumentalists often sounded as if they were on the verge of collapse, this quality only emphasising the newfound mania of Cave's singing, and his expressionist lyrics.

The term " tulip mania " is now often used metaphorically to refer to any large economic bubble ( when asset prices deviate from intrinsic values ).

As well as the triad ( of which mania was often used as an overarching term for insanity ) there were a variable and overlapping range of terms for such things as delusion, eccentricity, frenzy, and lunacy.

More recent data indicate that the addition of newer antidepressants, including bupropion, to a mood stabilizer does not cause the switch to mania more often than the addition of placebo.

Film adaptations of the novel, if they include Renfield, have a tendency to expand his role, making him a long-standing servant of the vampire Count, often depicting his mania as a result of falling under Dracula's influence, rather than as a pre-existing condition that made him vulnerable to it.

These days, the "- mania " suffix is often placed at the end of sports figures ' names when they acquire sudden popularity, such as with Tim Tebow and his " Tebowmania.

Because ( hypo ) mania decreases social inhibition, performers are often daring and bold.

Bipolar disorder is an often severe mood disorder characterized by periods of days, weeks, or months of deep depression, alternating with periods of normal mood and / or manic episodes, which are not just periods of " high energy " or " productivity ", though these may be a symptom of mania.

Victims of dancing mania often ended their processions at places dedicated to that saint, who was prayed to in an effort to end the dancing ; incidents often broke out around the time of the feast of St Vitus.

Women have often been portrayed in modern literature as the usual participants in dancing mania, although contemporary sources suggest otherwise.

Typically, the mania was contagious but it often struck small groups, such as families, and individuals.

Despite their differences, tarantism and dancing mania are often considered synonymous.

In April 2003, Applebaum and colleagues at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba reported that even though anticonvulsants are often very effective in mania, and acute mania requires rapid treatment, fosphenytoin had no antimanic effect even 60 minutes after administration of doses used in status epilepticus.