What is Mixed state: Definition and 41 Discussions

A mixed affective state, formerly known as a mixed-manic or mixed episode, has been defined as a state wherein features unique to both depression and mania—such as episodes of despair, doubt, anguish, rage or homicidal ideation, suicidal ideation, splitting, racing thoughts, sensory overload, pressure of activity, and heightened irritability—occur either simultaneously or in very short succession.
Previously, the diagnostic criteria for both a manic and depressive episode had to be met in a consistent and sustained fashion, with symptoms enduring for at least a week (or any duration if psychiatric hospitalization was required), thereby restricting the official acknowledgement of mixed affective states to only a minority of patients with bipolar I disorder. In current DSM-5 nomenclature, however, a "mixed episode" no longer stands as an episode of illness unto itself; rather, the symptomology specifier "with mixed features" can be applied to any major affective episode (manic, hypomanic, or depressive), meaning that they are now officially recognized in patients with, in addition to bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder and, by convention, major depressive disorder. A depressive mixed state in a patient, however, even in the absence of discrete periods of mania or hypomania, effectively rules out unipolar depression.

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  1. cianfa72

    I Qbit pure vs mixed state space

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  2. T

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  3. G

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  4. Like Tony Stark

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  5. MichPod

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  6. I

    I Mixed states from entangled state

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  7. jk22

    I Averaging Initial & Endstates in Trace Formula

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  8. F

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  9. AwesomeTrains

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  10. nomadreid

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  11. sweet springs

    B Is a pure state a kind of mixed states?

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  12. SchroedingersLion

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  13. R

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  14. SchroedingersLion

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  15. L

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  16. M

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  17. T

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  18. stevendaryl

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  19. B

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  20. H

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  21. entropy1

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  22. kq6up

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  23. F

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  24. entropy1

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    I got (very) confused about the concept of states, pure states and mixed states. Is it correct that a linear combination of pure states is another pure state? Can pure (and mixed) states only be expressed in density matrices? Is a pure state expressed in a single density matrix, whereas mixed...
  25. B

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  26. jk22

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  27. S.Daedalus

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  28. Larry Pendarvis

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    Is it possible, in principle, for an experiment to distinguish between an ensemble of pure states and an ensemble of mixed states? If so, how? In particular, I am thinking of an ensemble of particles whose spin has been measured, one at a time, on the "Vertical" axis. The ensemble consists of...
  29. S

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    Hello guys, Homework Statement the problem goes as follows: "Which measurement should you do on a statistical ensemble of qubits in order to distinguish between the pure state |Ψ>= cos(θ)|0> + sin(θ)|1> and the mixed state ρ=cos^2(θ)|0><0| + sin^2(θ)|1><1| " Homework Equations I am not...
  30. X

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  31. K

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    The usual description of Schrödinger's cat is that after being placed in the box, Schrödinger's cat in a superposition state of being alive and dead. Sometimes, I see this written as: \mid \Psi \rangle=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(\mid alive \rangle+\mid dead \rangle) This is representing a particular...
  32. K

    Mixed state vs. pure state

    In quantum mechanics, regarding light (photon), how to tell that a wavefunction is in a pure state or mixed state? I am learning these stuffs for my first time. I have attempted to answer that question but I am not sure: a wavefunction can be wrtitten as a linear combination of linear...
  33. R

    Decoherence, Coherence, Pure State, Mixed State

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  34. K

    Mixed State Eigenfuntion Equations

    H(a1u1 + a2u2) = a1E1 u1 + a2 E2u2 H is the Hamiltonian energy operator, a1 and a2 are normalisation constants, u1 and u2 are wave functions, E1 and E2 are the eigenvalues. Is it possible to calculate the values of E1 and E2 from the above equation if everything else is given? It should be...
  35. D

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    what do the non-diagonal components of a density matrix tell us about the mixed state we are in?
  36. P

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  37. M

    Is a Pseudo-Wavefunction Really a Mixed State?

    Hello, I'm studying pseudopotentials right now, and I had an epiphany that the pseudo-wavefunction is really mixed-state of the original Hamiltonian. Has anyone ever thought about a pseudo-wavefunction that way? Just curious. modey3
  38. T

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  39. D

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  40. S

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  41. T

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