What is "mania"?

What is "mania"?

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Mania, such as experienced with <a href="http://www.videojug.com/interview/bipolar-disorder">bipolar disease</a>, is a mood episode, just as depression is a mood episode. Mania is characterized by increased speech, distractibility or irritability. During mania, sufferers can't sleep