manic depression
noun[U]
old-fashioneduk/ˌmæn.ɪk dɪˈpreʃ.ən/us/ˌmæn.ɪk dɪˈpreʃ.ən/anold-fashionedexpressionforbipolar disorder(= amentalhealthconditionin which apersoncan attimesbe verydepressedand at othertimesveryexcitedandenergetic):
He wasdiagnosedwithmanicdepressionwhen he was in histwenties.
Bipolardisorderis amooddisorderthat used to be calledmanicdepression.
- She said hesufferedfrommanicdepressionandsevereinsomnia.
- Shesufferedanervousbreakdownand wasdiagnosedwithmanicdepression.
Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- bulimia
- hoarder
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- self-alienation
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome