appearance: normally dressed in colorful clothing or in unusual, haphazard combos of clothing
behavior: hyperactive, entertaining, charming, flirtatious, vigilant, assertive, etc
mood and affect: usually euphoric, optimistic, self-confident, grandiose, but may be irritable or tearful, with rapid and unexpected shifts from one extreme to another
speech/thought: their thoughts race through their mind at high speed and as a result their speech is pressured and voluble and difficult to interrupt
thought: typically full of grandiose and unrealistic plans that they begin to act upon but soon abandon
perception/thought: people with mania may also experience psychotic symptoms
content of thought: delusional themes are usually congruent or in keeping with the elevated mood, and often involve delusions of grandeur, that is, delusions of exaggerated self-importance of special status, special purpose, or special abilities, **mania rarely complaint by the patient as symptom**
insight: w mania generally have poor insight into their mental state
behavior (interview): they often engage in impulsive, pleasure-seeking, and disinhibited behavior