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Specialty. Psychiatry. Mania, also known as manic syndrome, is a mental and behavioral disorder [ 1][ 2] defined as a state of abnormally elevated arousal, affect, and energy level, or "a state of heightened overall activation with enhanced affective expression together with lability of affect." [ 3] During a manic episode, an individual will ...
Look up maniac or -maniac in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maniac (from Greek μανιακός, maniakos) is a pejorative for an individual who experiences the mood known as mania. In common usage, it is also an insult for someone involved in reckless behavior. Maniac may also refer to:
Bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is characterized by episodes of depression and hypomania or mania. Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that each last from days to weeks. [ 4][ 5] If the elevated mood is severe or associated ...
Aboulomania – indecisiveness (aboulo- (Greek) meaning irresolution or indecision); Andromania – human sexual behaviour and desire towards males in females (andro- (Greek) meaning man, men, male or masculine) Can be replaced by hypersexuality, nymphomania, cytheromania, hysteromania or aphrodisiomania.
Egomania. Egomania is a psychiatric term used to describe excessive preoccupation with one's ego, identity or self [ 1] and applies the same preoccupation to anyone who follows one’s own ungoverned impulses, is possessed by delusions of personal greatness & grandeur and feels a lack of appreciation. [ 2] Someone suffering from this extreme ...
Specialty. Psychiatry. Hypersexuality is a presumed mental disorder that causes unwanted or excessive sexual arousal, causing people to engage in or think about sexual activity to a point of distress or impairment. [ 1] It is controversial whether it should be included as a clinical diagnosis [ 1][ 2] used by mental healthcare professionals.
Homicidal ideation is a common medical term for thoughts about homicide. There is a range of homicidal thoughts which spans from vague ideas of revenge to detailed and fully formulated plans without the act itself. [ 1] Most people who have homicidal ideation do not commit homicide. 50–91% of people surveyed on university grounds in various ...
Social manias are mass movements which periodically sweep through societies. They are characterized by an outpouring of enthusiasm, mass involvement and millenarian goals. They are contagious social epidemics, and as such they should be differentiated from mania in individuals . Social manias come in different sizes and strengths.