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Not everyone who becomes manic experiences the full-blown syndrome of a manic episode. Hypomanic individuals show an expansive, energized and sometimes elated mood, with rapid thinking and pressured speaking in evidence. At a minimum (for the label hypomania to be … Continue reading →

Although popular culture tends to equate mania with happiness and depression with sadness this isn’t really the best way to think about what is happening in bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorder involves not so much a swing between happy and sad … Continue reading →

The American Psychiatric Association publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which describes the criteria necessary for the diagnosis of all mental disorders, including Major Depression. In the DSM, Major Depression appears as a member of the … Continue reading →

Major Depression The classic symptoms of Major Depression are described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR)*, the widely accepted standard guidelines for psychiatric diagnoses. Symptoms associated with Major Depression cause clinically significant distress and impairment in … Continue reading →

RASHMI NEMADE, PH.D., NATALIE STAATS REISS, PH.D., AND MARK DOMBECK, PH.D. SEP 19, 2007 UPDATED DEC 30, 2015 This section will focus mainly on Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), commonly referred to as “Major Depression” or simply, “Depression.” Other mood-related conditions will be … Continue reading →