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Also Known As	manic-depressive illness • manic-depression

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mania cyclothymic disorder depression affective disorder postpartum depression persistent depressive disorder seasonal affective disorder major depressive disorder melancholia

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Stephen Fry

British actor, writer, and director

Emil Kraepelin

German psychiatrist

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Karl Abraham

German psychoanalyst

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