Bipolar disorder

mental illness characterized by mood changes

Mania ( ; also known as manic syndrome) is a psychiatric behavioral syndrome defined as a state of abnormally elevated arousal, affect, and energy level. During a manic episode, an individual will experience rapidly changing emotions and moods, highly influenced by surrounding stimuli. Although mania is often conceived of as a "mirror image" to depression, the heightened mood can be dysphoric as well as euphoric. As the mania intensifies, irritability can be more pronounced and result in anxiety or anger.

thumb|400px|Simplified graphical comparison of bipolar I, bipolar II and cyclothymia Hypomania (literally "under mania" or "less than mania") is a psychiatric behavioral syndrome characterized essentially by an apparently non-contextual elevation of mood (i.e., euphoria) that contributes to persistently disinhibited behavior.

abrupt onset of psychotic symptoms shortly following childbirth

concept in psychology

state with features unique to both depression and mania

a period characterized by the symptoms of major depressive disorder

symbol of different advocacy campaigns

mental disorder in children and adolescents