Depression and bipolar disorder of late onset may represent more than just mental health conditions. Growing evidence suggests these late-life mood disorders (LLMDs) could be not merely risk factors, ...

The highs feel productive, not disordered, and that is why bipolar is missed for years.

A newborn arrives, and suddenly everything changes. There is sleep deprivation, physical recovery, feeding and ...

While admitting that definitive evidence doesn’t yet exist, some researchers have nonetheless maintained that older bipolar patients may face a host of horribles: decreased cogn ...

A team involving researchers from Wroclaw Medical University analyzed studies of people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders ...

The GLP-1 semaglutide was linked to fewer psychiatric hospitalizations in patients with bipolar disorder, raising the ...

Nicole McDermott has worked in the creative content space for the last decade as a writer, editor and director. Her work has been featured on TIME Healthland, Prevention, Shape, USA Today, HuffPost, ...

It’s normal for everyone to have periods of feeling up and periods of feeling down, but when the highs get too high and the lows are too low, and when you’re feeling constantly distracted, irritable ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects mood and can cause periods of elation and depression. People with bipolar disorder commonly experience sleep disturbances, which may result ...

Medications are often the first-line treatment approach for bipolar disorder. Drug interventions are most effective when combined with psychotherapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy or ...

Bipolar disorder wasn’t entirely new to Fast — now a bipolar disorder expert and researcher — when she was diagnosed. Her partner at the time was diagnosed with the condition in 1994, just one year ...