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manic depression
noun
a mental health problem characterized by an alternation between extreme euphoria and deep depression
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Example Sentences
But when he was young, his father died; his mother was institutionalized with a diagnosis of manic depression, and he and his younger brother were effectively left to fend for themselves.
It used to be known as manic depression, and symptoms include episodes of:
“Judy, the exploitation of a woman; Vivien, somebody who suffered from manic depression; Sonya, an intelligent woman subjugated to a man who used her, drained her, made a villain of her.”
That condition was called manic depression in those days.
Lichtenstein, who runs a media production company in Boston, was an investigative reporter for ABC News when he fell ill with manic depression in 1986.
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