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manic-depressive illness

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manic-depressive illness [¦man·ik di¦pres·iv ′il·nəs]
(psychology)
bipolar disorder


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Speaking from inside the Alternatives recovery clinic in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, Johnstone said he was diagnosed in 1999 with bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic-depressive illness, characterized by mood fluctuations from extreme highs to extreme lows.
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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.
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The celebrated novelist Bebe Moore Campbell tackles the delicate and often volatile dimension of manic-depressive illness (bipolar disorder).
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