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 Mania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mania is most usually associated with bipolar disorder, where episodes of mania may cyclically alternate with episodes of depression.
Dysphoric mania is primarily manic and a depressive mixed state is primarily depressed.
Failure to recognize PPA as an etiological agent in the onset of symptoms usually led to a diagnosis of schizophrenia or mania, lengthy hospitalization, and treatment with substantial doses of neuroleptics or lithium.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mania   (780 words)

  
 Mania
In Roman mythology, originally borrowed from Etruscan mythology after the assimilation of their people, Mania was the goddess of the dead.
She was said to be the mother of ghosts and the undead, as well as the Lares and the Nanes[?].
Mania can also be experienced at the same time as depression, in so-called dysphoric mania.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hy/Hypomania.html   (174 words)

  
 Mania (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mania may refer to two different mythological figures.
In Roman and Etruscan mythology, Mania (or Manea) was the goddess of the dead.
Both the Greek and Latin Mania derive from PIE *men-, "to think".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mania_(mythology)   (112 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Mania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Mania, considered as it applies to an individual is a psychiatric condition characterised by severely elevated mood.
By definition mania considered as a psychiatric disease excludes persons such as Hitler and many other less notorious individuals who display hyperactivity, but whose projects have a social component.
Such individuals may be at the core of social manias such as Nazism, the Cultural Revolution, or Islamism or merely be caught up in them.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Mania   (392 words)

  
 Mania Myth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Mania is a goddess first mentioned in the pantheon of Etruria, a civilization which flourished in northeastern Italy between 900 and 500 B.C. The difficulty in defining characteristics of Mania lies in the considerable Greco-Roman influence on Etruscan culture.
Indeed, Mania descends from her status as queen of the Etruscan underworld to a hag-like "mother of ghosts" in Roman lore.
Mania was described in Pliny's Historia Naturalis as "Queen of the Manes." He asserted that her worship was secret and mysterious.
home.comcast.net /~partylines/myth.htm   (646 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 916 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
MANIA, an ancient and formidable Italian, probably Etruscan, divinity of the lower world, is called the mother of the Manes or Lares.
I.e.} As regards her being the mother of the Manes or Lares, the idea seems to have been, that the souls of the departed on their arrival in the lower world became her children, and either there dwelt with her or ascended into the upper world as beneficent spirits.
Zenis, Mania prevailed on Pharnabazus to allow her to retain the satrapy which her husband had held.
www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2024.html   (865 words)

  
 Iran's Mythology: An Interview with Dr Mania Sadi-Nedzad
Researcher of Iranian culture and mythology, Dr Mania Sa'dinejad says that Iranian mythology is a combination and the fruit of the conflict among the advanced cultures of Western Asia, Ilam and Arian races.
Though mythologists study the mythologies of different lands, what is usually reflected in the media and the public education is merely related to that of Greece.
If mythology were taught in schools in the countries with ancient civilizations and an obvious cultural identity such as China, Japan, Iran, Egypt or Mesopotamia, effective results will be obtained instead of just introducing it at seminars and university conferences.
www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Mythology/Iran_Mythology.htm   (1632 words)

  
 bipolar mania - bipolar mania
Mania is most bipolar illness 'bipolar' mania depression usually associated with bipolar disorder, where episodes of mania may cyclically alternate with episodes of depression.
Although "severely elevated mood" sounds pleasant, the experience of mania is usually unpleasant and sometimes frightening for the person involved bipolar bipolar and mania mania and may lead to impulsive behavior provigil and bipolar mania that may later be regretted.
Acute mania in bipolar disorder seroquel for acute mania bipolar treatment disorder is typically treated with mood stabilizers and/or antipsychotic medication.
www.medicalgeo.com /Med-Topics-in-the-News-As---B/bipolar-mania.html   (646 words)

  
 Mania
Although "severely elevated mood" sounds pleasant, the experience of mania is usually unpleasant and sometimes frightening for the person involved and may lead to impulsive behavior that may later be regretted.
Sometimes when beyond hypomanic it may be necessary to temporarily hold the patient involuntarily due to his lack of insight until the mania phase passes either as part of the bipolar cycle or through medication.
When the symptoms of mania have gone, long-term treatment then focuses on prophylactic treatment to try to stabilize the patient's mood, typically through a combination of medication and talk therapies.
www.mrsci.com /Mood-Disorders/Mania.php   (563 words)

  
 The Bipolar Advantage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hypomania is a less severe variant of mania, where there is less loss of control.
Although "severely elevated mood" sounds pleasant, the actual experience of mania is usually unpleasant and sometimes frightening for the person involved and may lead to impulsive behavior that may later be regreted.
Some collective mania (craze) can also take place, as individuals have a tendency to lose their own personality inside a crowd (fads, herding, crowd hysteria, stock bubble, tulipomania).
www.bipolaradvantage.com /terms/manic.html   (622 words)

  
 Adventuring in the Underworld of Roman Mythology
By coincidence, in Roman Mythology, it was believed that the entrances to the afterworld were also very real locations, called the Mundus, and the one in Rome was called the mundus Cereris (the exact location is no longer known).
Mania was the goddess of the underworld, mother or caretaker to the lesser deities of the lares.
during this period, during which time charms called mania (plural maniae) were placed on the doors of houses (as a ward, perhaps) against this goddess, who had the characteristics of a "boogey-man" in Roman lore.
www.angelfire.com /rpg2/ancientworlds/underworld.htm   (1146 words)

  
 Mania
Mania was known as the Roman goddess of the dead.
Mania -- the name -- is the Greek personification of madness.
Article "Mania" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 31 July 2001 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/m/mania_2.html   (74 words)

  
 Mania definition - Depression symptoms, causes, and treatments including clinical and manic depression.
Mania: An abnormally elevated mood state characterized by such symptoms as inappropriate elation, increased irritability, severe insomnia, grandiose notions, increased speed and/or volume of speech, disconnected and racing thoughts, increased sexual desire, markedly increased energy and activity level, poor judgment, and inappropriate social behavior.
A mild form in mania that does not require hospitalization is termed hypomania.
Mania that also features symptoms of depression ("agitated depression") is called mixed mania.
www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4271   (281 words)

  
 Mythology Scavenger Hunt
Students will use this introduction to life in Ancient Greece and to Greek mythology to compare/contrast their experiences in contemporary South Central, Los Angeles, to those of the ancient Greeks and the Gods and Goddesses.
Now that you have read this explanation of mythology, write one paragraph (at least 5 sentences) which explain the meaning of mythology to someone who has never heard of it before.
Mythology was used in Ancient Greece as a means to educate the masses, teach morals, and explain natural phenomena.
www.lausd.k12.ca.us /Manual_Arts_HS/Apps/DHS/myth.html   (4377 words)

  
 Madness, Greek Mythology Link.
Madness is called Mania, and when in frenetic or rabid rage she is named Lyssa.
And those who slew their mothers, like Orestes 2 and Alcmaeon 1, were driven mad, as they say, by the ERINYES, who, according to the traveller Pausanias, were called Maniae (Madnesses) by the Arcadians, who built them a sanctuary.
It is also told that during the reign of Anaxagoras, king of Argos, the women were smitten with madness until they were cured by Melampus 1, who received two-thirds of the kingdom in return for this benefaction.
homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Madness.html   (3412 words)

  
 gods and goddesses greek mythology information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Mythweb Mythweb "This site is devoted to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology." The cleverly designed, easy-to-navigate sections include: Gods, Heroes, Today (the relevance of mythology in everyday life), and an Encyclopedia of...
Greek Mythology for a school project, or simply enjoy a well-told and humorous myth, the gods...
For those who choose to emphasize the spiritual side of yoga practice, Bheka have altar supplies for meditation, including statues, incense wands, incense sticks and holders, smudging herbs, aromatherapy candles, and authentic hand crafted malas, of bodhi seed, or lotus seed, turquoise and silver.
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 Mythology
This project provides an introduction to mythology focuses on three types of mythology: Greek, Egyptian, and King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Mythology has been an integral part of every culture since the dawn of time.
Mythology is composed of traditional stories about gods, kings, and heroes.
www.42explore2.com /myth.htm   (1448 words)

  
 mania - OneLook Dictionary Search
Mania, Mania, Mania : Mental Health Glossary [home, info]
Phrases that include mania: biting mania, mania a potu, tulip mania, benteng mania, corpse mania, more...
Words similar to mania: passion, cacoethes, craze, fanaticism, frenzy, madness, manic disorder, obsession, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=mania   (325 words)

  
 Mythology
Greek Mythology - "This is an introduction to Ancient Greek Mythology.
Mythology - This site is such a valuable resource...don't miss it!
Mythology Dictionary - Terms from A to Z. Mythology in Western Art - "A collection of art images relating to Classical Mythology.
webtech.kennesaw.edu /jcheek4/mythology.htm   (499 words)

  
 Monster Mania: Ghosts, Werewolves, Shapeshifters and Other Monsters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Some come from ancient mythology or today's urban legends.
Goes far beyond the werewolf-only material that is usually found in websites of this type and includes werebeasts such as jaguar shamans, kitsune, tengu and selkies.
The Zombie Emporium - a collection of material for the zombie fan, including zombie movies, zombie novels, short story anthologies, video games and even some of that elusive zombie nonfiction, ranging from works of anthropology and folklore to zombie film guides.
www.monstermania.org   (397 words)

  
 Steve Quayle News Alerts
The writer has filled the story with psychological insights and anecdotes that could have been lifted from the peak of the stock-market mania.
Brokers in Miami work overtime to get their clients into V.I.P. sales events before developers start pitching buildings to the public." So, there are flippers in real estate who get in on the ground floor and then sell to the public.
It is very reminiscent of the IPO mania.
www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/05_Money/050309.housing.mania.html   (550 words)

  
 Microsoft Home and Entertainment products: PC strategy games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Age of Mythology: Gold Edition is a real-time strategy game that lets you play through 12 ancient civilizations and call on mythical creatures to help you conquer the world.
Age of Mythology: The Titans brings the ancient world to life in more epic detail than ever before.
This expansion pack throws a new civilization, the Atlanteans, into the fray and unveils the incredible powers of their mighty gods, the Titans.
www.microsoft.com /canada/home/products/5.0.18_pcstrategygames.asp   (1088 words)

  
 Microsoft Game Studios News
"Marine Mania for the Zoo Tycoon series is a great and fun purchase, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who owns the original game or is thinking about picking it up as well.
"All in all, the Marine Mania expansion seems set to both add a slew of new material to Zoo Tycoon and also change the focus of the game.
Water parks are run a lot differently from a zoo, and you can tell by playing.
www.microsoft.com /games/home/news.aspx?id=marinemania   (341 words)

  
 A Hotlist on Mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Table of Greek gods and Associates - Mythology research in Alphabetical order.
Greek Mythology from the Illiad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant - Myth link
Men in Greek Mythology - A list in alphabetical order.
www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/fil/pages/listmythologk.html   (138 words)

  
 Myth Mania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Welcome to Myth Mania, your Greek/Chinese Mythology Central.
Our mission is to supply students with the information they need on Greek/Chinese Mythology.
*Get all the information you need on Chinese Mythology, both from ancient times and from more recent dates.
home.fuse.net /mythmania/INDEX.HTM   (68 words)

  
 Comics & Graphic Novels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross
Manga Mania Fantasy Worlds: How to Draw the Amazing Worlds of Japanese Comics
Mecha Mania: How to Draw the Battling Robots, Cool Spaceships, and Military Vehicles of Japanese Comics
www.ah0.org /subjects/4366.shtml   (539 words)

  
 Track Mania Series Files - Updated Dedicated Server Info
Track Mania Series Files - Updated Dedicated Server Info
Use of Track Mania Series Files materials is subject to certain Terms and Conditions.
Use of this site is governed by our Privacy Policy, Ziff Davis Terms of Use, and FileFront AUP.
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