creased level of activity or energy. See also  HYPOMANIA .
manipulativeness Use of subterfuge to influence or  control others; use of seduction,
charm, glibness, or in gratiation to achieve one’s ends. Manipulativeness is a facet of the
broad personality trait domain ANTAGONISM .
mannerism A peculiar and characteristic individual style of movement, action, thought,
or speech.
melancholia (melancholic) A mental state characterized by very severe depression.
micropsia The visual perception that objects are smaller than they actually are. Com-
pare with MACROPSIA .
mixed symptoms The specifier “with mixed features” is applied to mood  episodes during
which subthreshold symptoms from the oppo sing pole are present. Whereas these con-
current “mixed” symptoms are relatively simultaneous, they may also occur closely
juxtaposed in time as a waxing and waning  of individual symptoms of the opposite
pole (i.e., depressive symptoms during hypo manic or manic episodes, and vice versa).
mood A pervasive and sustained em otion that colors the perception of the world. Com-
mon examples of mood include depression, el ation, anger, and anxiety. In contrast to
affect,  which refers to more fluctuating change s in emotional “weather,” mood refers to
a pervasive and sustained emotional “climate.” Types of mood include
dysphoric An unpleasant mood, such as sad ness, anxiety, or irritability.
elevated An exaggerated feeling of well-being,  or euphoria or elation. A person
with elevated mood may desc ribe feeling “high,” “ecstati c,” “on top of the world,”
or “up in the clouds.”