Mania-a puzzle!

Mania, a quite familiar yet not widely known term refers to a psychological state of over activity and liability known to cause a great many physiological effects on body mind and soul. It affects the societal interactions and vice versa. Like schizophrenia it has genetic predispositions too. It has been found in various researches that sex-linked genetic transmissions, the kind in which affected genes are on short arm of X-chromosomes of females, occurs in families having maniac depression type disorders. While this genetic component is just one strand in the transmission of this disease, on societal level it has a great many influences which remain major shareholders for ever increasing load of this disorder causing an ever evolving directions of ongoing research. One such research finds out that family emphasis on achievement and highly ambitious extrinsic goals were associated with these mania- relevant cognition. Technology has done great part in fast tracking life. With invent of social media one is connected with whole world sitting on couch. One sees the world with multiple perspectives and gets lost in it losing track of time .All of this information is reshaping our ambitions and whether we know it or not we are subconsciously competing with the whole world. Family structures reshaping with the new tools and gadgets, money has taken place over empathy are all the challenges that this modern world faces for the psychological well being of society. Drugs are another area that needs to be focused. Drugs act as fertilizers for the growth of psychosis and mania. On the background of hypo manic states drugs cultivate the seeds of delusions and paranoia. A maniac is always attracted to new ways to expose his mind to this leads to a great propensity for addiction. Society needs to work as a unit to stop the influx of drugs in schools and colleges in order to stop the drugs from reaching the hands of teenagers. Families having members suffering from this disorder need to have special support groups where they can learn the ways to smooth-en their problems with maniac patients. They need to have a better understanding of the environmental factors involved in this disorder. They need to develop ways to cater such patients in ways that are favorable for both the subject and the whole. Having a crisis plan is very important so that everyone is aware of the dangers and roles they have to take to handle the situation if the patient becomes unwell or aggressive.