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Hypomania

Written by: Petros Skapinakis, MD, MPH, PhD, föreläsare i psykiatri vid University of Ioannina Medical School, Grekland. Eva Gerasi, forskarstuderande vid psykiatriavdelningen, Universitetssjukhuset i Ioannina, Grekland.

First version: 22 Jul 2008. Latest version: 30 Jul 2008.

Abstract:
Hypomania is a mild to moderate form of mania.

Question:

What is hypomania? What are the symptoms?

Answer:

A mild to moderate level of mania is called hypomania. Hypomania may feel good to the person who experiences it and may even be associated with good functioning and enhanced productivity. Thus even when family and friends learn to recognize the mood swings as possible bipolar disorder, the person may deny that anything is wrong. Without proper treatment, however, hypomania can become severe mania in some people or can switch into depression.

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