Objective: Accurate information on the frequency and prevalence of manic or mixed episodes is important for therapeutic, prognostic, and safety concerns. We aimed to estimate the risk of relapse of manic and mixed episodes after delivery in women with bipolar I disorder or schizoaffectiv...
Synonyms for Manic episode in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for Manic episode. 48 synonyms for mania: obsession, passion, thing, desire, rage, enthusiasm, craving, preoccupation, craze, fad, fetish, fixation, partiality, madness, disorder. What are synonyms f
Related to Manic Episodes:manic depression,rapid cycling ma·ni·a (mā′nē-ə, mān′yə) n. 1.An excessively intense enthusiasm, interest, or desire:a mania for neatness; a dance mania. 2.PsychiatryAn abnormal psychological state characterized by symptoms such as elation, high energy an...
The depressive phase is characterised by inertia, loss of self-esteem, withdrawal, sadness and a risk of suicide; in either, there is often dependence on alcohol or substances of abuse.Bipolar disorder appears between age 15 and 25; it affects men and women equally. Segen's Medical Dictionary...
In an androcentric society, such as that of India, a wife becomes a tool of sexual gratification for the husband and then is expected to be the incubator of the heir of his family. In developing nations like India, families are mostly male-dominated, and women are treated as mere re...
We thought she was pretty much immortal, like many of the women in our family. She smoked like a steam train. She was deaf as fuck and blared Law and Order episodes loud enough to wake the dead. She had COPD and a serious Nescafe addiction. She used swearing as punctuation, like many...
The impact of reproductive events on the course of bipolar disorder in women. J Clin Psychiatry. 2002;63(4):284–287. 3. Akdeniz F, Vahip S, Pirildar S, Vahip I, Doganer I, Bulut I. Risk factors associated with childbearing-related episodes in women with bipolar disorder. ...
Valproate is contraindicated in women of childbearing age due to teratogenic risk [15] and it is associated with cognitive impairment, hepatotoxicity, and pancreatitis [1]. Lithium, an effective therapy with suicide prevention benefits, poses challenges in tolerability and acceptability due to its ...
Men and women are equally affected, on average at age 30. What You Can Expect Untreated, a manic episode may last several months. Like depressive episodes, mania may pass without treatment. However, the toll on the person and his or her family may be intolerable. Fortunately, bipolar ...
No significant sex differences was found regarding the patterns of the cycles or the intensity of the episodes, except among the rapid cyclers, where women (61) outnumbered men (26). With time the course tended to change from monopolar to bipolar, and the frequency of recurrence increased. ...