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episode

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episode /ep·i·sode/ (ep´i-sod) a noteworthy happening occurring in the course of a continuous series of events.
hypomanic episode  a period of elevated, expansive, or irritable mood resembling a manic episode but less severe.
major depressive episode  a period marked by depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in virtually all activities, associated with some combination of: altered weight, appetite, or sleep patterns, psychomotor agitation or retardation, difficulty in thinking or concentration, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death and suicide.
manic episode  a period of predominant mood elevation, expansiveness, or irritation together with some combination of inflated self-esteem or grandiosity, decreased need of sleep, talkativeness, flight of ideas, distractibility, hyperactivity, hypersexuality, and recklessness.
mixed episode  a period during which the symptoms of both a major depressive episode and of a manic episode occur nearly every day, with rapidly alternating moods.

episode
a noteworthy happening occurring in the course of a continuous series of events.

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