mixed episode

episode /ep·i·sode/ (ep´ĭ-sōd) a noteworthy happening occurring in the course of a continuous series of events.

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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.

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Mixed Episode

A period of 1 week in which the diagnostic criteria for manic and depressive episodes are met on nearly every day, with abrupt mood swings from sadness to irritability to euphoria

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episode [ep´ĭ-sōd]

a single noteworthy happening in the course of a longer series of events, such as one critical period of several during a prolonged illness.

hypomanic episode a period of elevated, expansive, or irritable mood similar to a manic episode but not as severe; see also bipolar disorders and mood disorders.

major depressive episode a period of daily and day-long depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in virtually all activities. Also present is some combination of altered appetite, weight, or sleep patterns, psychomotor agitation or retardation, difficulty thinking or concentrating, lack of energy and fatigue, feelings of worthlessness, self-reproach, or inappropriate guilt, recurrent thoughts of death or suicide, and plans or attempts to commit suicide. See also bipolar disorders and mood disorders.

manic episode a period of predominantly elevated, expansive, or irritable mood accompanied by some of the following symptoms: inflated self-esteem, decreased need for sleep, talkativeness, flight of ideas, distractibility, hyperactivity, hypersexuality, and recklessness. See also bipolar disorders and mood disorders.

mixed episode a period during which the criteria are met both for a major depressive episode and for a manic episode nearly every day, with rapidly alternating moods and with symptoms characteristic of each type of episode. See also bipolar disorders and mood disorders.

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mixed episode

Psychiatry A period of ≥ 1 wk in which criteria for manic and depressive episodes are met on nearly every day, with abrupt mood swings from sadness, irritability, euphoria Clinical Agitation, insomnia, appetite dysregulation, psychotic features and suicidal ideation; MEs are of sufficient severity to cause impairment of social and occupational function and/or require hospitalization. See Bipolar disorder.