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	Hypomania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hypomania is a mood state characterized by persistent and pervasive elated or irritable mood, and thoughts and behaviors that are consistent with such a mood state.
		It is distinguished from mania by the absence of psychotic symptoms and by its lower degree of impact on functioning.
		Hypomania is a feature of some mood disorders, such as bipolar II disorder and cyclothymia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hypomania (559 words)

	ICD-10 Criteria for Bipolar Disorder
		Hypomania is a lesser degree of mania, in which abnormalities of mood and behaviour are too persistent and marked to be included under cyclothymia but are not accompanied by hallucinations or delusions.
		Hypomania covers the range of disorders of mood and level of activities between cyclothymia and mania.
		When a short period of hypomania occurs as a prelude to or aftermath of mania, it is usually not worth specifying the hypomania separately.
	www.fortunecity.com /campus/psychology/781/icd.htm (2429 words)

	Hypomania Symptoms, Cause and Treatment
		Hypomania lasts a shorter time and is less severe, with no psychotic features and less disability.
		Hypomania can be distinguished from normal happiness by its persistence, non-reactivity (not provoked by good news and not affected by bad news) and social disability.
		Hypomania may feel good to the person who experiences it and may even be associated with good functioning and enhanced productivity.
	www.depression-guide.com /hypomania.htm (1571 words)

	THE HYPOMANIC EDGE -- Reviews
		They exhibit all the signs, that is, of what psychologists call ''hypomania'': an energetic, ebullient state that is a milder form of the mania associated with bipolar illness.
		The most striking element of hypomania, as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is a wildly elevated and expansive mood.
		Indeed, while hypomania has been the subject of relatively little research and clinical attention, there are a handful of studies indicating that people in a hypomanic state are more flexible and creative in their thinking, are more motivated and productive, and have more positive expectations for the future.
	www.hypomanicedge.com /reviews/bostonglobe/b-globe.htm (1606 words)

	Treating Hypomania
		Hypomania is even not a requirement for bipolar I and barely rates a mention.
		Hypomania may be to this decade what depression was to the last, but more as a trait worth preserving – a legitimate baseline for many - than a pathology that needs eradicating.
		Hypomania is a clearly negative episode which I had, and it "fucked up" my life for 3 months and I suffered severe consequences after that.
	www.mcmanweb.com /treat_hypomania.htm (4239 words)

	Mind > Information > Factsheets and booklets, subjects > Specific mental health issues > Hypomania
		Hypomania is a bit difficult to define, because the term seems to be used slightly differently by different doctors, and the criteria for the diagnosis are slightly different in ICD-10[1]and DSM-IV[2] (the reference books which give standard symptoms for the diagnosis of different conditions).
		Hypomania shares symptoms and characteristics with the mania aspect of manic depression, but to a less severe degree (the word hypo comes from the Greek prefix meaning ‘below’).
		The difference between hypomania and mania is not very clear, but hypomania is not severe enough seriously to disrupt your everyday life.
	www.mind.org.uk /Information/Factsheets/SMHI/Hypomania.htm (1365 words)

	Hypomania vs. Hypermania - allnurses.com Nursing for Nurses
		Hypomania exhibits many of the same symptoms such as grandiosity, pressured speech, flight of ideas, and hypersexuality, but the symptoms are not marked enough to impair functioning at work or socially, nor are there delusions or other psychotic symptoms.
		As such, hypomania is defined as an elevated mood during which (1) no hospitalization has ever been necessary, and (2) no state of delusional or other psychotic thinking ever coincided with the elevated mood.
		With hypomania (which can sometimes occur without the cycles of depression that make up bipolar disorder), the patient has an elated mood, may be hypersexual or have lowered inhibitions in regard to things like spending money.
	allnurses.com /forums/f46/hypomania-vs-hypermania-183476.html#post1870911 (903 words)

	Cyclothymic disorder
		Hypomania is defined as periods of elevated mood, euphoria, and excitement that do not cause the person to become disconnected from reality.
		Although the changes in mood are irregular and abrupt, the severity of the mood swings is far less extreme than that seen with bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness).
		Unlike in bipolar disorder, periods of hypomania do not progress into actual mania, in which the person may lose control over his or her behavior and go on spending binges, engage in highly risky sexual or drug-taking behavior and become detached from reality.
	www.pennhealth.com /ency/article/001550.htm (414 words)

	Hypomania - Hypomania Symptom, treatment
		Hypomania is usually not so problematic as to severely affect a person's work or social life.
		Hypomania is defined as a mild or moderate manic state characterized by impulsivity, hyperactivity, euphoria, and racing thoughts.
		Bipolar Hypomania disorder is the sixth leading cause of disability in the adult population.
	www.diseasesatoz.com /hypomania.htm (382 words)

	BiPolar/ADD-NPD~~ Differential Diagnosis : HypoMania - what is it?? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hypomania does not include hallucinations or delusions, but is a mild elevation in mood that can last several days on end.
		The person experiencing hypomania may also become more sociable, talkative, overfriendly, have an increased sexual energy and a decrease in the amount of sleep needed.
		Whether on a slightly elevated or slightly lower hypomania the sufferer may have a new interest in adventures, activities or mild over-spending.
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/npd/76263/621037 (456 words)

	Drive to succeed can be fuelled by hypomania @ workopolis.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yet those traits are identical to symptoms of a mild form of bipolar depression called hypomania, an affliction that doctors say these three men - and many other historically renowned business and political figures - may possess, propelling them on their tireless pursuit toward success.
		But Levitt notes that for every time you hear of someone who benefits from hypomania, there are a dozen who can't manage its downsides, which include bouts with depression, irritability and whose extreme forms can lead to damaging risk-taking and grandiosity.
		The unexpected gifts of hypomania - the drive, the zeal, the energy - are celebrated by Gartner, who argues that the last two centuries of American business culture can be attributed to people with hypomania.
	www.workopolis.com /servlet/Content/tprinter/20050530/hypomania (868 words)

	One Stop Thought Shop: Hypomania
		In recent decades, scientists have found that bipolar disorder is widely variable, and that its milder forms are marked by hypomanias, currents of mental energy and concentration that are less reckless than full-blown manic frenzies, and unspoiled, in many cases, by subsequent gloom.
		The reason it is important to mental health professionals is that the treatment of depression in those who have also had hypomania is quite different than the treatment of depression in those who have not.
		Hypomania, in essence is a noticeable change in mood and energy that persists for at least four days and that has some or all of the following characteristics:
	www.brianhayes.com /2005/08/hypomania.html (778 words)

	Bipolar Disorder Information Australia - Black Dog Institute
		Mania can vary in severity from hypomania, where, in addition to mood and energy elevation, the person shows mild impairment of judgement and insight, to severe mania with delusions and a level of manic excitement that can be so exhausting that hospitalisation is required to control the episode.
		High energy levels are indicated by the individual feeling 'wired' and 'hyper'; finding that their thoughts race; feeling extremely energetic and making decisions in a flash; talking more and talking over people; racing from plan to plan and being constantly on the go; and describing the need for less sleep without feeling tired.
		Psychotic symptoms are not seen in hypomania, the key defining mood state of Bipolar II Disorder.
	www.blackdoginstitute.org.au /bipolar/explained/maniahypomania.cfm (1108 words)

	Hypomania
		I want to expose the connection to loathing that this family born of fear showed me and how it illustrates the converse association with the emotional link between courage and love.
		Hypomania is not a disorder, as those with the condition function normally within society and quite often thrive.
		To quote Dr. John D. Gartner, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, “Hypomania, a genetically based mild form of mania, endows unusual energy, creativity, enthusiasm, and a propensity for taking risks.” One way to look at it is to use the analogy of driving a car.
	www.kuhens.org /hypomania.html (1186 words)

	The Infinite Mind: Hypomania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Another person who’s experienced the joys and troubles of hypomania – and also studied the condition as a researcher – is Dr.
		Finally, she talks about experiencing hypomania in her own life, and how difficult it is to accept that enthusiasm can sometimes be pathological.
		Hypomania, he says, is often found in charismatic leaders and entrepreneurs.
	www.lcmedia.com /mind418.htm (1300 words)

	Oh, To Be Hypo
		The next week, I found myself in front of a group of med students and psychiatric residents from the University of Connecticut, where I used Dr Jamison’s talk in support of the view that hypomania needs to be looked at as something other than a psychopathology (Dr Jamison’s words).
		Hypomania is where I want to be full-time, I told these students, just like Bill Clinton - well not quite.
		Hypomania is often associated with emotional instability, but for Bill Clinton it appeared to be the protective nimbus that neutralized his personal and political enemies and enabled him to weather the fiercest storms with the poise of a Zen master.
	www.mcmanweb.com /article-186.htm (1255 words)

	Psychologist - technology entrepreneurs frequently experience hypomania \| WTN
		Gartner explains that hypomania is clinically related to a true mental illness called mania, which is also known as manic depression.
		Gartner considers hypomania to be an advantageous condition because it is “a temperament characterized by an elevated mood state that feels highly intoxicating, powerful, productive and desirable” and motivates people to perform and most often over achieve and lead to success.
		In fact, Gartner believes that hypomania helps to explain why the U.S., a classic nation of immigrants, is far superior to most other nations in economic performance.
	wistechnology.com /article.php?id=2018 (864 words)

	Bipolar Disorder Daily News Blog: Hypomania May Have Its Benefits
		Hypomania is the milder form of mania, different in that it usually does not interfere with one's functioning and does not result in hallucinations or delusions.
		As astounding as the potential link between hypomania and success is, it should be noted that hypomania can often be destructive rather than creative.
		Hypomania may sometimes just highlight how creative a person is, but it does not manifest creativity out of nothingness.
	www.moodswing.org /bpnews/archive/001710.html (507 words)

	Hypomania: what's in a name? -- GOODWIN 181 (2): 94 -- The British Journal of Psychiatry
		DSM—IV diagnoses of mania and hypomania in 5.5% of the
		hypomania in 1.5%, sporadic brief hypomania in 1.3% and sub-diagnostic
		Angst, J. The emerging epidemiology of hypomania and bipolar II disorder.
	bjp.rcpsych.org /cgi/content/full/181/2/94 (1554 words)

	Tourette Syndrome Plus - Conditions - Mood Disorders-Hypomania, Mixed Episode, Cyclothymia, Dysthymia
		An individual who is hypomanic will be sleeping less (or may not sleep at all), will have a burst of energy, feel heightened focus or creativity, a sense of increased confidence, and may be able to accomplish a lot and tackle a number of meaningful and organized projects.
		If the individual is able to control the hypomania, it is a state that may actually be very positive and pleasurable.
		Some individuals may experience both depression and mania at the same time, giving rise to the notion of a "mixed episode." Indeed, if the predominant symptom is irritability, it may be difficult to know whether it is from depression or mania.
	www.tourettesyndrome.net /mood_other.htm (613 words)

	Cyclothymia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cyclothymia is a chronic bipolar disorder that consists of short periods of mild depression alternating with short periods of hypomania.
		Cyclothymic disorder is a recurrent, chronic, mild form of bipolar disorder in which mood typically oscillates between hypomania and dysthymia.
		This disorder is a milder form of bipolar disorder consisting of recurrent mood disturbances between hypomania and dysthymic mood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cyclothymia (730 words)

	Hypomania definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Hypomania: A condition similar to mania but less severe.
		The symptoms are similar with elevated mood, increased activity, decreased need for sleep, grandiosity, racing thoughts, and the like.
		It is important to diagnose hypomania because, as an expression of bipolar disorder, it can cycle into depression and carry an increased risk of suicide.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=30745 (306 words)

	Manic-Depressive Illness: Depression and Mania: Merck Manual Home Edition
		The depressive and manic episodes often recur according to the season; for example, depression occurs in the fall and winter, and mania occurs in the spring or summer.
		At the first sign of a swing to hypomania or mania, the antidepressant is discontinued.
		However, if the dose of light is excessive, the person may swing to hypomania or, in some cases, eye damage can occur.
	www.merck.com /mmhe/print/sec07/ch101/ch101d.html (976 words)

	Clinical Trial: Seroquel in the Treatment of Dysphoric Hypomania in Bipolar II
		Seroquel in the Treatment of Dysphoric Hypomania in Bipolar II This study is currently recruiting patients.
		The primary objective of this study is to examine the efficacy of quetiapine (Seroquel) in treatment of dysphoric hypomania in patients with Bipolar II disorder.
		It is generally agreed that patients experiencing mixed states or combinations of mania with depressive symptoms are less responsive to older treatments such as lithium (Swann et al., 1997).
	www.clinicaltrials.gov /ct/show/NCT00186043 (968 words)

	Mania / Hypomania (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Grandiosity is a symptom of Bipolar Disorder - manic depression - occurring during mania, hypomania and mixed episodes.
		See how the hypomania of a gardener's mixed episode can create stress and anxiety that last after the hypomania is gone.
		Pressured speech is one of the symptoms of bipolar mania, hypomania and mixed episodes.
	bipolar.about.com.cob-web.org:8888 /cs/mania (370 words)

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