hypomania

Definition of hypomanianext

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Recent Examples of hypomania The imbalance in this case is going to be that hypomania is much less scanned during initial training by the AI than the day-to-day conditions, such as depression and anxiety. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 Schizoaffective disorder is 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, per the Mayo Clinic. Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 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 These depressive symptoms may dominate for years before symptoms of hypomania develop. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypomania
Noun
  • Gregory Moore said Cherrie Moore has bipolar schizophrenia and is under treatment while out on bond.
    Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 2 June 2026
  • Health workers say the sessions are designed as therapeutic interventions for living with anxiety, depression, autism, schizophrenia or other conditions.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • Carlos Reales Dominguez was plagued by his psychosis.
    Darrell Smith May 28, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
  • Malek colors him in with shades of anger, tenderness, psychosis, and the sheer pesky individuality of Jimmy.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • They were united by paranoia, and their quest to protect the American dream by exposing conspiracies and secrets that the powers-that-be would rather stayed hidden.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 June 2026
  • Patients can experience panic attacks, paranoia, elevated heart rates or psychological distress during sessions.
    Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • Sometime in the mid-sixties, Sam brought home a coffee-table book about astrology, and Linda became consumed by it, launching into a self-education that approached mania.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • As the Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy mania of earlier this year showed us, to dress simply is often to dress well.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • All of this creates new pathways between the brain’s neurons, improving cerebral neuroplasticity and preventing neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia.
    Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 29 May 2026
  • She is left to care for her partner’s elderly mom who battles Parkinson’s and dementia.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Their dueling neuroses always worked in comedic concert.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
  • Rudd’s natural air of genial tension, of neurosis without an edge, plays into his character’s rigidly disciplined but relentlessly upbeat domesticity.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2026

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“Hypomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypomania. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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