Definition of Manic depressive illness

1. Noun. A mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Manic Depressive Illness

maniacs
maniaphobe
maniaphobes
maniaphobia
maniaphobic
manias
manic
manic-depression
manic-depressive
manic-depressive disease
manic-depressive disorder
manic-depressive illness
manic-depressive psychosis
manic depression
manic depressive
manic depressive illness (current term)
manic disorder
manic episode
manic excitement
manic psychosis
manically
manicate
manichord
manicky
maniclike
manicotti
manicottis
manicou
manicous
manics

Literary usage of Manic depressive illness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Value of Psychiatric Treatment: Its Efficacy in Severe Mental Disorders edited by Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"Prophylactic efficacy of lithium carbonate in manic-depressive illness: Report of the Veterans Administration and National Institute of Mental Health ..."

2. Criminalizing the Seriously Mentally Ill: The Abuse of Jails As Mental Hospitals by Edwin Fuller Torrey, Public Citizens Health Research Group (2002)
"(Pennsylvania) QA woman with manic-depressive illness has been jailed three times and hospitalized 29 times. (Wisconsin) In other cases they have spent ..."

3. Social Security Programs in the U. S. by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"In mood disorders such as manic-depressive illness or clinical depression, ... Among people with manic-depressive illness, the pattern of sleep disturbance ..."

4. Protecting Our Personal Health Information: Privacy In The Electronic Age edited by Bill Frist, Bill First (1997)
"The decision to forego treatment is particularly tragic because disorders such as schizophrenia, manic- depressive illness, and major depression are today ..."

5. Depression in Primary Care: Vol. 2. Treatment of Major Depression: Clinical by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"She has lived successfully with manic-depressive illness, which was diagnosed in 1968. She played a prominent role in the establishment of the National ..."

6. Depression in Primary Care: Detection and Diagnosi by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"She has lived successfully with manic-depressive illness, which was diagnosed in 1968. She played a prominent role in the establishment of the National ..."

7. Statistical Assessment Of National Significant Industrial User Noncompliance (1993)
"She has lived successfully with manic-depressive illness, which was diagnosed in 1968. She played a prominent role in the establishment of the National ..."

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