Family members of the more than 10 million adults with bipolar disorder in the United States often see their own heath suffer from the demands of taking care of them. With a four-year, $2 million ...

Urban legends posit that the moon and its lunar cycles affect human health, but most of those allegations aren’t up to scientific snuff. A few examples: Menstrual cycles are not correlated with an ...

Bipolar disorder is a complex psychiatric disorder, characterized by fluctuations between episodes of (hypo)mania and depression. It is estimated to affect around 40 to 50 million people worldwide.

Scientists have found that teenagers and adults living with bipolar disorder face a higher risk of early death compared to people of the same age and sex who do not have the condition. In a recent ...

Bipolar I disorder is a severe mood disorder characterized by episodes of both mania and depression. Lifetime prevalence of bipolar I disorder is estimated at 0.4–1.6%; approximately 10% of bipolar I ...

Bipolar disorders are characterized by episodes of mania, hypomania, and depression. DSM-5-TR (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) defines a manic episode as a “distinct period ...

Does your child have symptoms of bipolar disorder? We are looking for children, teens, and young adults (ages 9 to 21 years) who have moods that alternate between depression and periods of excessive ...

Two psychiatrists examining the same patient in different clinics sometimes arrive at different diagnoses. One sees schizophrenia; the other sees bipolar disorder with psychotic features. For decades, ...

A brain rhythm working in tandem with the body's natural sleep-wake cycle may explain why bipolar patients alternate between mania and depression, according to new research. A new study marks a ...

The most common subtypes of bipolar disorder, bipolar I and bipolar II, stem -- at least in part -- from different biological causes, according to a new study. Despite genetic overlap between the two ...