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MANIC (5)

manic

adjective

In psychiatry, relating to or affected by mania.

EXAMPLES:

‘A manic episode is not a disorder in and of itself, but rather is a part of a type of bipolar disorder.’

‘A hyperactive manic patient will nearly always have a rapid heart rate, but it doesn't follow that a rapid heart rate causes the mania.’

‘Indeed, many bipolar patients report that manic episodes followed a period in which they were unable to sleep or endured jet lag.’

‘She spent little time on psychiatric inpatient units working, for example, with bipolar patients in their active manic phases.’

‘Lithium helps stabilise these to some extent and prevents the chaotic cycling between the manic and depressive phases of the illness.’

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