Recent Examples on the WebThe officer also recognized the woman as someone whos suffers from manic depression and schizophrenia and who displays victim-like behavior associated with victims of domestic violence.cleveland, 8 July 2022 Beginning in his teens, Dan was beset by mental troubles variously diagnosed, and medicated, as schizophrenia, depression or manic depression.New York Times, 4 Mar. 2022 Roberts makes a convincing case for a diagnosis of severe manic depression. Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2022 Fascism, a misogynistic art world and manic depression are among the subjects dealt with in Paula Rego’s art. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 5 July 2021 Mania is also the main feature of bipolar disorder, which used to be known as manic depression. Jessica Migala, Health.com, 28 June 2021 Our parents — hard-working, blue-collar immigrant citizens — never imagined that their son suffered from manic depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder. Lizzy Feliciano, STAT, 29 May 2021 Eventually, he was declared to be suffering from manic depression, or bipolar disorder, as it is now called, and the diagnosis stuck. Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021 In his memoir, Mr. Pride spoke of struggles with manic depression.Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2020 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1904, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
manic depression
noun
variants or manic-depression
: bipolar disorder
Able to stabilize the mood swings of many people with manic depression, lithium revolutionized psychiatric therapy when the drug came on the scene several decades ago. J. Travis, Science News