hypomania

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Recent Examples of hypomania Cycling between periods of mania or hypomania – high energy and excitement – and depression can have an enormous impact on a person’s daily life, work, and relationships. New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025 And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife. Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025 He was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to Mayo Clinic. Liz McNeil, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024 For predictions of mania or hypomania, the top five variables were heart rate, sleep efficiency, percentage of sleep spent in REM sleep, number of very active minutes, and median bedtime. New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024 These depressive symptoms may dominate for years before symptoms of hypomania develop. Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024 In general, the hypomania symptoms associated with bipolar 2 may occur at a later age than bipolar 1. Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024 Episodes of depression and mania or hypomania (less intense than mania) can cycle with unpredictable timing. Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024 Cyclothymia symptoms are less-intense hypomania and depression that do not meet clinical criteria for hypomania or depression. Michelle Pugle, Verywell Health, 15 Oct. 2024
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Noun
  • One scientist at the National Institute of Mental Health tells Aviv that the figure may be between one and five per cent of schizophrenia patients.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
  • Bittner had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and not competent to stand trial in a previous evaluation, the outlet reported, citing court documents.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • In the shadow of Coppola’s collective political fantasy Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 phantasmagoria Apocalypse Now put the concept of social disaster and political psychosis into the mainstream, from the Vietnam War to the Covidapocalypse.
    Armond White, National Review, 4 July 2025
  • Another step that could help youth mental health is HB 1594, requiring health insurance plans to provide complete coverage to anyone younger than 26 years old who is experiencing psychosis for the first time.
    Stephen Simpson, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Years later, the child returns, triggering paranoia and violence.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 14 July 2025
  • Lyonne, a clear fan of Dutch angles, leans into the paranoia in her direction in these scenes.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • That’s a dismal performance for a tech company that ought to be benefiting mightily from the mania around AI.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 7 July 2025
  • Opposite her control, Cynthia makes a solid comic foil with her trademark mania.
    Chris Feil, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Globally, over 10 million cases of dementia are diagnosed each year, with Alzheimer’s contributing a large portion of the burden.
    Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • The film is a part of the Mama Joe Project, which is spreading awareness on the challenges that can arise when caring for aging family members, especially when diseases like Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia emerge.
    Zuri Primos July 21, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Not only was part two different in the neurosis of a pop singer, but the Melrose lot sold it on scares (in addition to wicked grinning people showing up at major events).
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2025
  • Agnes is socially competent, even charismatic, but beset by neuroses that seem genuinely frustrating to her, not the self-satisfied post-Woody Allen solipsism common to auteurs of this ilk.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 27 June 2025

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“Hypomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypomania. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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