hypomania

1 in 10 Ex-NFL Players Used Steroids, Poll Reports

...ce abuse [tied to steroid use] have been reported in the medical literature," he said. "This bolsters the claim. Mood disturbances such as depression, hypomania (irritability), psychotic features may be dose- and particular drug-type-related. The use of steroids and the potential changes in neurotransmitters h...

The ECNP consensus statement on bipolar depression

...suitable for clinical trials requiring placebo-controls. Switch to mania or hypomania may be the consequence of active treatment for bipolar depression. Some med...cceptable periods of time. Switching from bipolar depression to mania or hypomania is the particular risk that requires a different approach to treatment from...

The ECNP consensus statement on bipolar depression

...t may be sometimes less impairing and disabling, clinicians differentiate the less severe expression with euphoria and/or extreme irritability called hypomania as Bipolar II as opposed to the more dramatic and severe mania (called Bipolar I disorder). The long-term course of bipolar disorder is usually do...

SearchMedica.com Reveals Top Searches Among Medical Professionals

...n cancer The top psychiatric searches among medical professionals were: 1. mood stabilizer 2. unipolar vs. bipolar depression 3. asperger's 4. hypomania 5. bipolar The top general clinical searches among medical professionals were: 1. cortisol 2. HbA1c/glycated hemoglobin 3. dopamine 4. aphtho...

Misconceptions About Bipolar Disorder Explained, From the Harvard Health Letter

...odes of the disease can come in a milder form, called hypomania, which can feel pleasant and imbue a person with exuberance, energy, and optimism. But hypomania may have negative consequences if that confidence leads to excess spending or promiscuity. Although bipolar disorder is well known for its mood swin...

Bipolar Spectrum Disorder may Be Under-recognized for Spectrum Disorder: Study

...the illness, in which a person experiences recurrent episodes of mania and depression. People with bipolar II experience a milder form of mania called hypomania that alternates with depressive episodes. People with bipolar disorder not otherwise specified (BD-NOS), sometimes called subthreshold bipolar disorde...

More Than Four Percent of US Adults Have Some Form of Bipolar Disorder

...of depression plus hypomania, a milder form of mania that does not require hospitalization; and a milder, sub-threshold bipolar disorder that involves hypomania with or without depression, otherwise classified as bipolar disorder "not otherwise specified" in the current diagnostic nomenclature of the American ...

Mood Swings and Late Nights are Signs That Your Teenage Kid is in Love

...ove, while the rest 47 were in a longer-lasting relationship or were single. The participants were asked to complete questionnaires related to hypomania and sleep habits, and maintain a sleep log for seven consecutive nights, reports the Telegraph. The researchers found that teens in the early-...

hypomania in Biological Technology

Psychologist - technology entrepreneurs frequently experience hypomania

What, are you crazy? Theres a question that every technology entrepreneur has heard at least once. Its asked by spouses, families, friends, employees, customers and, yes, investors. When youre operating on technologys bleeding edges and trying to introduce that new-to-the-world and must-have t...