User:Anthonyhcole/Mania

Manic episode
Left is DSM IV, right is my paraphrase.

Mania is defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) as a period of seven or more days (or any period if admission to hospital is required) of unusually and continuously effusive and open elated or irritable mood, where the mood is not caused by drugs or a medical illness (e.g., hyperthyroidism), and (a) is causing obvious difficulties at work or in social relationships and activities, or (b) requires admission to hospital to protect the person or others, or (c) the person is suffering psychosis.

To be classed as mania, while the disturbed mood is present, at least three (or four if only irritability is present) of the following must have been consistently prominent: grand or extravagant style, or expanded self-esteem; reduced need of sleep (e.g. three hours may be sufficient); talks more often and feels the urge to talk longer; ideas flit through the mind in quick succession, or thoughts race and preoccupy the person; over indulgence in enjoyable behaviors with a high risk of negative a outcome (e.g., extravagant shopping, sexual adventures or improbable commercial projects).

If the person is concurrently depressed, they are said to be having a mixed episode.