It turns out, of course, that Shabbetai Zevi suffered from a psychological condition which Gershom Scholem identified as manic-depressive psychosis, today normally called " bipolar syndrome ".
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Writing before Li's book was published, Byron and Pack offered other possible diagnoses based on symptoms Kang seems to have displayed, including manic-depressive psychosis and temporal lobe epilepsy.
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Though presented with identical symptoms, seven were diagnosed with schizophrenia at public hospitals, and one with manic-depressive psychosis, a more optimistic diagnosis with better clinical outcomes, at the private hospital.
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But that risk is limited to a very small pool of people with extreme cases of manic depressive psychosis or schizophrenia, and rises more when those particular people abuse drugs or alcohol.
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Loudon, reflecting on Semmelweis'mental health, added : " It might have been manic-depressive psychosis ( my favorite ) or it could have been syphilis ( an occupational disease of ungloved obstetricians ).
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He is also known for the " Protopopov's syndrome ", or " Protopopov's triad ", which consists of the tachycardia, dilatated pupils and obstipation in bipolar disorder ( then known as manic-depressive psychosis ).
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He coined the term " manic depressive psychosis ", after noting that periods of acute illness, manic or depressive, were generally punctuated by relatively symptom-free intervals where the patient was able to function normally.
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For instance, she contends that manic-depressive psychosis could not be so common ( affecting one person in every 100 ) if it had not " in prehistoric times conferred strong advantages on those who inherited it ."
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Holding that there are similarities between the experience on mescaline, the mania in a manic-depressive psychosis and the visions of God of a mystical saint suggests, for Zaehner, that the saint's visions must be the same as those of a lunatic.
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The DSM-I ( 1952 ) contained " depressive reaction " and the DSM-II ( 1968 ) " depressive neurosis ", defined as an excessive reaction to internal conflict or an identifiable event, and also included a depressive type of manic-depressive psychosis within Major affective disorders.
