Definition of Manic disorder

1. Noun. A mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently.

Exact synonyms: Mania
Generic synonyms: Affective Disorder, Emotional Disorder, Emotional Disturbance, Major Affective Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Craze, Delirium, Frenzy, Fury, Hysteria
Derivative terms: Manic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manic Disorder

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
manic disorder (current term)
manic episode
manic excitement
manic psychosis
manically
manicate
manichord
manicky
maniclike
manicotti
manicottis
manicou
manicous
manics
manicule

Literary usage of Manic disorder

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

1. Dangerous Minds: Political Psychiatry in China Today and Its Origins in the by Robin Munro, Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry (2002)
"... the shallow and frivolous sexual behavior of patients suffering from manic disorder is merely an expression of their corrupt and degenerate ideology; ..."

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