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manic-depressive illness  

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  • Manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, is a mental illness primarily characterized by shifts in a person's mood and accompanied by impaired social and somatic functioning. These impairments differ from the daily variations in mood experienced as “normal”; manic-depressive illness differs also from depression, although many patients with manic-depressive illness first present with depression. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Manic-Depressive Illness]

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