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MANIC-DEPRESSIVE [11 records]

Record 1 2024-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminal Psychology
  • Criminology
CONT

... to categorize the offenders into several groups : the chronic anti-social individual who is habitually aggressive and frequently abuses alcohol; the psychotic episode murderer whose violence is associated with delusions, loss of contact with reality and emotional tension which is relieved by the assault; and episodic or situational murderers whose assaults are the result of manic-depressive illness, organic brain dysfunction or cyclical alcoholism resulting in rage states.

Key term(s)
  • psychotic-episode murderer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie criminelle
  • Criminologie
CONT

[...] établir plusieurs catégories d'infracteurs : l'individu chroniquement anti-social qui est un agressif habituel et abuse souvent d'alcool; le meurtrier passagèrement psychotique dont la violence est associée à des fantasmes et à la perte de contact avec la réalité et qui trouve dans l'agression un exutoire à ses tensions émotionnelles; et le meurtrier occasionnel ou réactionnel dont les agressions sont dues à un syndrome maniaco-dépressif, à une dysfonction organique du cerveau ou à un alcoolisme cyclique qui provoque des états de rage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Manias
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Alternating between attacks of mania and depression.

OBS

As in bipolar disorder.

Key term(s)
  • manic-depressive

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manies
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Qui est caractérisé par l'alternance d'épisodes de manie et de dépression.

OBS

Cette alternance est rencontrée dans le trouble bipolaire.

Key term(s)
  • manico-dépressif

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neuroses
  • Manias
  • Clinical Psychology
Universal entry(ies)
F31
classification system code, see observation
DEF

[A disorder] characterized by periods of deep, prolonged, and profound depression that alternate with periods of an excessively elevated or irritable mood known as mania.

OBS

F31: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

Key term(s)
  • manicdepression
  • manicdepressive illness
  • manicdepressive psychosis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Névroses
  • Manies
  • Psychologie clinique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
F31
classification system code, see observation
DEF

[Trouble caractérisé] par une alternance d'épisodes maniaques et dépressifs [...]

OBS

F31 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Key term(s)
  • psychose maniaco-dépressive
  • maniacodépression

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Neurosis
  • Manías
  • Psicología clínica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
F31
classification system code, see observation
CONT

[...] existe la idea generalizada de que el trastorno bipolar se caracteriza exclusivamente por la alternancia de fases depresivas y fases de excesiva euforia o manía. [...] Existe cierta evidencia de que la manía eufórica es sólo un subtipo de manía, y no precisamente el más frecuente. Por el contrario, la mayoría de episodios maníacos parecen dominados más por la desorganización, la irritabilidad, la expansibilidad, la reducción de horas de sueño y la hiperactividad que por la alegría y la jocosidad.

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Record 4 2011-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Medication
Universal entry(ies)
155-09-9
CAS number
C9H11N
formula, see observation
CONT

Tranylcypromine, a non-hydrazine reversible MAO [monoamine oxidase] inhibitor, is indicated for the symptomatic treatment of moderate to severe depression. The drug may be used to treat psychotic depressive states such as :depressive phases of manic-depressive psychosis, involutional melancholia, reactive depressions and psychoneurotic depressions of moderate to severe intensity.

OBS

Active ingredient commonly sold under the name Parnate.

OBS

Chemical formula: C9H11N

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Médicaments
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
155-09-9
CAS number
C9H11N
formula, see observation
CONT

La tranylcypromine appartient à la classe des médicaments appelés inhibiteurs de la monoamine-oxydase (IMAO). Elle est administrée pour le traitement de certaines formes de dépression et agit en bloquant l'action dans le système nerveux d'un produit chimique appelé monoamine-oxydase (MAO).

OBS

Principe actif couramment commercialisé sous le nom de Parnate.

OBS

Formule chimique : C9H11N

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Medicamentos
Entrada(s) universal(es)
155-09-9
CAS number
C9H11N
formula, see observation
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Record 5 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Mental Disorders
OBS

We are dedicated: To provide education and information for people with mood disorders, families, professional and the public concerning mood disorders. To fostering self help within a peer support model for people with mood disorders and their families. To eliminating discrimination and stigma. To working with community partners. To advocating on behalf of people with mood disorders and their families.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Troubles mentaux

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

Emergencies [that] occur when a person is faced with a situation beyond his adaptive capacity at a particular time. Many psychiatric emergencies are caused by anger that represents a patient's response to affronts to his dignity or infringement on his rights.... acute nonpsychotic syndromes, organic brain syndromes, homicidal and assaultive behaviour, schizophrenic turmoil, manic-depressive emergencies, emergencies with adolescents and children...

CONT

Any patient with a disorder of thought, emotion, or perception may come (or be brought) in to the psychiatric emergency services for immediate care.

OBS

The task of definition is not being overstated ..., the terms emergency and crisis are frequently used interchangeably to designate some type of situation that needs immediate attention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
OBS

[...] ces situations ne sont pas provoquées par un trouble endogène de la personnalité mais par un déséquilibre parfois soudain entre la personne et son environnement familial, professionnel, social [...]

OBS

Cette classification comprend les classes de diagnostics suivants : psychoses, névroses, troubles de la personnalité (incluant alcoolisme, déviations sexuelles, pharmacodépendance) et divers problèmes moins fréquents regroupés dans une catégorie résiduelle «troubles divers» (incluant troubles psychosomatiques, troubles transitoires situationnels, mésadaptation familiale et sociale, arriération mentale, etc.).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
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Record 7 2009-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
CONT

Lithium carbonate is often referred to as an "antimanic" drug, but in many parts of the world it is considered a "mood-stabilizing" agent because of its primary action of preventing mood swings in patients with bipolar affective(manic-depressive) disorder.

CONT

Medications are considered mood stabilizers if they have 2 properties: 1- they provide relief from acute episodes of mania or depression, or prevent them from occurring; and 2- they do not worsen depression or mania or lead to increased cycling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
CONT

Le lithium est considéré comme un normothymique; c'est-à-dire qu'il régularise l'humeur en prévenant les oscillations pathologiques, maniaques ou dépressives, dans le cadre de la PMD [psychose maniaco-dépressive] «trouble bipolaire».

CONT

Les régulateurs de l'humeur (normothymiques ou thymorégulateurs) constituent la base du traitement médicamenteux des troubles bipolaires de l'humeur, selon toutes les recommandations internationales (par exemple le système canadien CANMAT [...], ainsi qu'en France, où n'existe cependant pas de système de recommandation pour ces troubles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
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Record 8 1994-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychoses
CONT

The mood disorders which are distinct from schizophrenia, are called unipolar when the patient has episodes of depression alone and bipolar when there are episodes of both mania and depression. The term manic-depressive illness encompasses both the unipolar and the bipolar form; the term bipolar is also used for the rare cases in which manic occurs without depression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychoses
CONT

Les autres psychoses sont unipolaires lorsque les patients ont seulement des épisodes dépressifs, et bipolaires lorsque ces épisodes alternent avec des épisodes de manie.

Spanish

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Record 9 1985-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

a mental disorder, such as manic-depressive psychosis, which tends to recur periodically.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux

Spanish

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Record 10 1981-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

a condition of stupor sometimes observed in the depressive phase of manic-depressive psychosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux

Spanish

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Record 11 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Characterology
  • Psychology (General)
OBS

D. a major body type, according to Kretschmer, characterized by a short, rounded body, and associated(...) with manic-depressive psychosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Caractérologie
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
OBS

D.type morphologique décrit par Kretschmer court, gros à tendance cyclothyme.

Spanish

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