Hypomania is the least understood aspect of bipolar disorder. Too often, clinicians and patients alike mistake hypomania as a form of euphoric mania lite that foreshadows severe mania. In fact hypomania may be a lot more benign, or even a lot more dangerous.
In this important series, expert patient John McManamy draws upon his own extensive research and conversations with leading clinicians and researchers to shed important new light on what you need to know about hypomania. This includes...
Read moreIn a provocative and important book published last year, “The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot) of... Read more »
Hypomania is not all fun and games.While working on technical update to the DSM, Trisha Suppes MD, PhD of the University of Texas Medical... Read more »
Is it mania or hypomania? Consider the DSM-IV’s first symptom for mania, listed under “Criterion B”:1. Inflated self-esteem or... Read more »
The conventional view is that hypomania is part of an illness rather than our true personality, and so requires medical intervention.But... Read more »
In previous blogs, I pointed out how frighteningly little the psychiatric profession knows about hypomania and its treatment. The best... Read more »