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manic-depressive Psychiatry denoting a mental disorder characterized either by an alternation between extreme euphoria and deep depression (bipolar manic-depressive disorder or syndrome) or by depression on its own or (rarely) by elation on its own (unipolar disorder) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This revised edition of Sones's highly praised poetry/novel (her first publication) closely relates to Sones's personal history, and the Afterword explains how her older sister (at 19) was placed in a mental institution with manic-depressive illness when Sones herself was 13 years old. The celebrated novelist Bebe Moore Campbell tackles the delicate and often volatile dimension of manic-depressive illness (bipolar disorder). Many of them also seemed to suffer from forms of potentially severe psychological affliction, such as schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and manic-depressive illness. |
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