Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes dramatic shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to think clearly.

Tiny lab-grown brains are offering an unprecedented look at how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder disrupt neural activity.

Mood tracking can be an effective tool for managing and preventing bipolar disorder episodes. Here’s how it works. Living with bipolar disorder can be overwhelming at times. The shifts between ...

What Are Mixed Episodes in Bipolar Disorder? Mixed features refers to the presence of high and low symptoms occurring at the same time, or as part of a single episode, in people experiencing an ...

Precise changes in the connectivity between neurons caused by an imbalance of gut bacteria may help explain depressive ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition involving alternating periods of depression, mania, or hypomania. There are a few different types, each involving different cycles of symptoms. Bipolar ...

Bipolar disorder can bestow the highest highs and the lowest lows. March 21, 2008 — -- The stereotype of the tortured artist shows up often in popular culture: a frazzle-haired composer pacing ...

(Author’s note and disclaimer: The following piece details my story of overcoming a serious and potentially-fatal mental illness, bipolar II, between the years of 2000-2007. I have decided to write ...

Affecting an estimated 4.4 percent of U.S. adults in their lifetimes, bipolar disorder causes severe changes in energy level and mood that can make day-to-day life extremely difficult without ...

Bipolar cells are the only neurons that connect the outer retina to the inner retina. They implement an 'extra' layer of processing that is not typically found in other sensory organs. The different ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects 4.4% of US adults at some point in their lives, according to the ...

Bipolar disorder and ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, are two conditions that are being diagnosed more and more in American children and teens, often together. Medical science is ...