Introduction: Defining the Clinical Manic State A manic state represents a profound and often severe alteration in an individual’s mood, energy levels, and behavioral patterns, serving as a foundational concept within clinical psychology and psychiatry. Far from being a simple period of high spirits or transient happiness, a true manic state is characterized by a […]
Fugue State: A Review of Its Diagnostic Criteria, Clinical Characteristics, and Treatment Abstract and Overview of Dissociative Fugue The fugue state, historically recognized as Dissociative Fugue and currently classified within the spectrum of Dissociative Amnesia with Fugue Specifier in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), represents a profound and rare […]