manic-depressive illness
Americannoun
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Bipolar disorder, labelled manic-depressive illness until 1980, affects around 1 in 100 people globally.
From Nature ● Aug. 25, 2019
Lowell suffered mightily from manic-depressive illness; yet he overcame the hobbling breakdowns he suffered time and again between the ’50s and the ’70s to make some of America’s greatest poetry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2017
At his federal plea hearing in March, Mr. Laufer said that he had exhibited symptoms of bipolar disorder or manic-depressive illness for 40 years and that he suffered from other depressive disorders.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2015
Cam has pretty severe bipolar disorder, called manic-depressive illness back then.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2015
Gene mapping would be particularly helpful to people at risk for manic-depressive illness: although lithium and related drugs usually relieve the manic episodes, current antidepressants are often ineffective against the acute depressive ones.
From Time Magazine Archive
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