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
Last week, at a conference in Copenhagen, a New York City team of researchers suggested that a tendency or predisposition to manic-depressive illness might be deeply rooted indeed: in the genes that determine heredity.
From Time Magazine Archive
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