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mania
(redirected from Manic episode)

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mania
a mental disorder characterized by great excitement and occasionally violent behaviour

Mania
ancient Roman goddess of the dead. [Rom. Myth.: Zimmerman, 159]
See : Death


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Just under 3 per cent of Canadians aged 25 to 46 years have experienced at least one manic episode suggestive of Bipolar I Disorder according to the data from the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-being.
The attorney for Marie-Elise West, 39, argued that her bipolar client was in the middle of a manic episode and was not sane at the time.
Haslett's stories introduce men and women on the brink of catharsis: A bipolar inventor suffering a manic episode drops in unannounced on his gay son, who's as troubled by the legacy he may have inherited as by his father's illness itself.
 
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