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 ...

Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania. Kay Redfield Jamison is one of those people. She's also a ...

An early predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been found in youth with bipolar disorder (BD), in new findings that may explain the "excessive and premature mortality" related to heart disease ...

In the news or on social media, we hear the term “bipolar disorder” a lot. Whether it’s celebrities opening up about their diagnoses or an investigation finding that a person has struggled with the ...

“This can be worsened by sensory overload, demand avoidance, chronic masking, or cumulative nervous system stress. Unlike ...

Bipolar disorder (once known as manic depression) is a mental disorder that causes unusual changes in mood, concentration, and energy or activity levels, which may make everdayl tasks difficult.

In schizoaffective disorder, you’ll experience both mood episodes (mania, hypomania, or depression) and psychotic symptoms (hallucinations and delusions). The distinguishing factor is that to be ...