The sample of 131 patients included 76 (58%) males. The age range was 16–79 years with a mean age of 44.05 years (SD = 15.6). Examination of communalities showed all variables were within the accepted ...

The terms "mania" and "manic episode" are characterized by high energy, excitement, euphoria, or irritability over at least a week. Feelings of depression can follow a manic episode, but not always.

It’s easy to recognize depression – at least the kind we associate with slumped shoulders, feeling dead inside and crying. Depression shows on our faces like a book cover. But mania! Oh, mania! It can ...

Research is ongoing to better predict manic and depressive episodes in bipolar disorder to help support treatment. Learn more about some of the most common methods and tools. Bipolar disorder is a ...

Background The major diagnostic classifications consider mania as a uni-dimensional illness. Factor analytic studies of acute mania are fewer compared to schizophrenia and depression. Evidence from ...