In 2016, Matt Baszucki was a freshman in college and taking engineering classes when he began experiencing manic symptoms. “It was like sleeping less and less, having grandiose thoughts, rapid speech, ...

It used to be called manic depression in an effort to capture the swing of emotions from intense manic highs to the lowest of lows. Today it’s called bipolar disorder, another way to describe a mental ...

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, supported by the Population Mental Health ...

SAN ANTONIO – Eric Smith began his life as a talented and gifted student, but severe bipolar disorder took over in his teenage years. Fast forward through a bout of addiction, which was co-occurring ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When all variations of bipolar disorder, or the entire "bipolar spectrum disorder," are considered, the estimated lifetime prevalence in the general population is ...

Bipolar disorder is a long-term mood disorder characterized by major fluctuations in mood — both high and low — that can impact daily functioning and behavior. Although bipolar disorder is a chronic ...

After years of frustrating searches for genes that contribute to mental illness, researchers at Johns Hopkins studying families with a severe form of manic depressive illness, called psychotic bipolar ...

Learn what’s not true — and what is — when it comes to bipolar disorder, with information from experts, backed by data from scientific research.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An infusion of the anesthetic ketamine can lift mood within minutes in patients suffering from severe bipolar depression, according to a small study out this month in the ...

Changes Clinical Practice: Based on this large trial, lithium alone or a lithium-valproate combination should be used as first-line maintenance treatment for bipolar affective disorder type I instead ...

What does it mean to “stigmatize” mental illness? Writers and directors often struggle to find a balance between honesty and hope, to avoid either glossing over the reality of mental health disorders ...