18/05/2025
*MANIA*
✍️Mania is a mental condition with distinct period during which mood is abnormally
and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable. Typically, this period lasts about 1 week (unless the person is hospitalized and treated sooner), but it may be longer for some individuals
✍️This is an affective or mood disorder resulting from various factors such as increased levels of neurotransmitters (dopamine, serotonin) in the brain characterized by flight of ideas, elation, disorganized speech, distractibility, insomnia and psychotic symptoms which lasts for a week or more if patient is not hospitalized.
*FACTORS ATTRIBUTED WITH ONSET OF MANIA*
Factors attributed with onset of Mania are closely related to factors influencing the onset of Schizophrenia
AETIOLOGY OF MANIA
The exact cause of Mania is not known but risk factors exists;
✍️ *Family Theories* This theory postulates that this mental illness, just like any other mental illness has a tendency to run in the family. People diagnosed as Mania are likely to have at least one parent with the same diagnosis. Children can inherit the trait from their parent. Usually, first degree relatives (siblings) are the most affected. The home environment of fights and quarrels can also influence the onset of the condition, especially in individuals who have the trait. Lack of a loving and nurturing caregiver, inconsistent family behaviors, and faulty communication patterns are thought to be responsible for mental problems in later life.
✍️ *Biochemical Factors* Dopamine, a neurotransmitter (also known as a feel-good
hormone) is produced in the brain(hypothalamus) and facilitates the physiology of the central nervous system. A dopamine hypothesis suggests that Mania is
caused by functional hyperactivity of the dopamine system. Thus it is believed that dopamine hyperactivity causes schizophrenic symptoms as it bring about hyperactivity of the brain leading to over excitement (euphoria)