Mania

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Mania is a mental disorder characterized by extreme excitement, happiness, overactivity, and agitation. It is usually associated with the high points of bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic-depressive disorder. Mania can manifest in various forms, ranging from an intense interest or obsession with a particular subject to severe mood disturbances. This article provides an overview of the different types of manias, with examples of specific conditions and phenomena.

Types of Manias[edit | edit source]

Psychological Conditions[edit | edit source]

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  • Aboulomania – Indecisiveness (aboulo- (Greek) meaning irresolution or indecision)
  • Andromania – Human sexual behavior and desire towards males in females (andro- (Greek) meaning man, men, male or masculine) Can be replaced by hypersexuality, nymphomania, cytheromania or hysteromania.
  • Anglomania – England and a passion or obsession with the English (i.e. anglophile) See also anglophobia.
  • Anthomania – Flowers (antho- (Greek) meaning flower)
  • Arithmomania, arithomania – Numbers and counting (arithmo- (Greek) meaning number)

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  • Bibliomania – Books and reading (biblio- (Greek) meaning books)

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  • Choreomania, choromania – Dancing (choreo- (Greek) meaning dance)

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  • Egomania – Oneself and self-worship (ego- (Latin) meaning I, first person and singular pronoun)
  • Ergomania, ergasiomania – Work (ergasio- or ergo- (Greek) meaning work)
  • Erotomania – Sexual desire or sexual attraction from strangers (delusional conviction) (eroto- (Greek) meaning sexual passion or desire)
  • Etheromania – Ether (ethero- (Greek > Latin) meaning upper air or sky)
  • Epomania – Craze for writing epics
  • Eleutheromania – An intense and irresistible desire for freedom

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  • Graphomania – Writing (grapho- (Greek) meaning to write)

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  • Hippomania – A passion and obsession with horses
  • Hypermania – Severe mania—mental state with high-intensity disorientation and often violent behavior, symptomatic of bipolar disorder (hyper- (Greek) meaning abnormal excess)
  • Hypomania – Mild mania—mental state with persistent and pervasive elevated or irritable mood, symptomatic of bipolar disorder (hypo- (Greek) meaning deficient)

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  • Logomania – Being wordy and talkative, i.e., loquacity
  • Lisztomania – An obsession with Franz Liszt

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  • Satyromania – Excessive, often uncontrollable sexual desire in and behavior by a man (satyr- (Greek > Latin) meaning a woodland deity, part man and part goat; riotous merriment and lechery)

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