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- noun Alternative form of
manic depression .
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Examples
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Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic-depression, is hereditary and the Alcotts were famously erratic.
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High school: Johnny has bipolar disorder, which is also known as manic-depression.
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High school: Johnny has bipolar disorder, which is also known as manic-depression.
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High school: Johnny has bipolar disorder, which is also known as manic-depression.
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The moment I discovered that I was the mother of a child with bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression, my life became the ultimate learning curve.
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The moment I discovered that I was the mother of a child with bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression, my life became the ultimate learning curve.
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High school: Johnny has bipolar disorder, which is also known as manic-depression.
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The moment I discovered that I was the mother of a child with bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression, my life became the ultimate learning curve.
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The moment I discovered that I was the mother of a child with bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression, my life became the ultimate learning curve.
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But Emanuel died, and in the 1950s Grinberg succumbed to manic-depression; he moved to the United States, where he retrained as a psychiatrist and was one of the first to treat patients with lithium.
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