manic depressionn.
/ˌmanɪk dᵻˈprɛʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmænɪk dəˈprɛʃən/, /ˈˌmænɪk diˈprɛʃən/ Psychiatry.
Manic-depressive mental illness; bipolar disorder.
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circular insanity1862
manic depression1911
cyclothymia1921
bipolar disorder1973
1911 Psychol. Rev. 18 411 The results of the association tests with suppression in cases of dementia præcox and manic depression will also be briefly described.
1936 R. Riskin Mr. Deeds goes to Town in Six Screenplays (1997) 448 This is purely a case of manic depression. In cases of this kind, patients sometimes go on for years before being detected.
1958 J. M. Argyle Relig. Behaviour ix. 108 The upper and middle classes have higher rates for manic depression and neurosis.
1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. vi. 78 Schizophrenia is thought by some to be inherited by two or more recessive genes, manic depression via two or more dominant ones.
1973 Nature 16 Feb. 480/1 A disproportionate number of patients with schizophrenia or manic-depression were born in the early months of the year.
1992 Time 6 July 58/1 Manic depression was effectively treated with lithium long before anyone knew why it worked.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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