A mania is one of type Mood Disorders. A manic episode is a distinct period of an abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood lasting for at least 1 week, or less if a patient must be hospitalized. A manic episode is part of phase bipolar disorders that would arise as mood disorders.
A hypomanic episode lasts at least 4 days and is similar to a manic episode except that it is not sufficiently severe to cause impairment in social or occupational functioning, and no psychotic features are present.
Both mania and hypomania are associated with inflated self-esteem, decreased need for sleep, distractibility, great physical and mental activity, and over involvement in pleasurable behavior. According to DSM-IV-TR, bipolar I disorder is defined as having a clinical course of one or more manic episodes and, sometimes, major depressive episodes.
A mixed episode is a period of at least 1 week in which both a manic episode and a major depressive episode occur almost daily. A variant of bipolar mood disorder characterized by episodes of major depression and hypomania rather than mania is known as bipolar II disorder. manic and depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that have higher incidence and prevalence in era of globalization. and diagnosis is sometimes more complicated for the symptoms of mood disorder that goes in the category of mood disorder not otherwise specified.
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