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Definisjon av mania

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Noun
mania - an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
passion, cacoethes
irrational motive a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
agromania an intense desire to be alone or out in the open
dipsomania, potomania, alcoholism an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
egomania an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs
kleptomania an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
logomania, logorrhea pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
monomania, possession a mania restricted to one thing or idea
necromania, necrophilia, necrophilism an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
phaneromania an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
pyromania an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
mania - a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
manic disorder
affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
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Substantiv
mania - Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
mania - Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.

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  • Mania, the presence of which is a criterion for certain psychiatric diagnoses, is a state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/ or energy levels. In someways it is the opposite of depression. The word derives from the Greek "μανία" (mania), "madness, frenzy" and that from the verb "μαίνομαι" (mainomai), "to be mad, to rage, to be furious".

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