Image made with elements from Canva. Bipolar disorder is one of the most common mental illnesses—it affects an estimated 40 million people worldwide, about 2.8% of the population. Bipolar disorder can ...

Bipolar disorder affects about 3% of the population and can have devastating effects. It is the sixth most common cause of disability in the United States. Life-time rates for completed suicide are ...

It’s a brain disorder yielding patterns of mood variability and energetic intensity that interfere with healthy adaptive functioning. For most without bipolarity mood doesn’t shift significantly, at ...

Bipolar disorder in women is a complicated mental disorder that is characterised by severe mood swings that extend to emotional heights mania or hypomania, and emotional depths depression. The changes ...

It's common for teenagers go through emotional ups and downs and do things that don't seem rational. Learn the two hallmark ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders suggests that deep-seated negative beliefs formed in childhood ...

Anger can be a symptom of bipolar disorder — but why does it escalate into intense rage? Here’s how to manage it. Tick-tock, tick-tock, goes the anger clock. Jeffrey M.’s wife has just said something ...

Officials say bipolar disorder affects millions of people worldwide.

Genetic risk in mental illness is not equal, with some disorders highly distinct and others sharing broad inherited vulnerability.