If you think bipolar disorder describes a mental health condition that can cause extreme changes in mood and behavior, you’ve mostly got the basics. But its two main subtypes—bipolar I and bipolar ...

Mariah Carey made a surprising announcement on Wednesday: She has bipolar disorder. Carey, 48, told People that she was first diagnosed in 2001, after being hospitalized for a physical and mental ...

There is a lot of web-based information that assists people in identifying symptom sets that serve as criteria for the diagnosis of bipolar disorder. For those whose bipolar mood elevations are quite ...

We’ve all experienced the highs and lows of life, from the occasional blue mood to the euphoria that comes with a big accomplishment or happy experience. Yet many people spend a large portion of their ...

"I didn't want to believe it," she said of her diagnosis. Mariah Carey has revealed she was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, saying she is speaking out about her mental health now because she is ...

June 21, 2005 (Pittsburgh) — Patients with bipolar disorder vary by subtype regarding the choices they make to cope with the prodrome of mania, according to a team of Canadian investigators whose ...

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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announced earlier this week through the Mayo Clinic that he is being treated for bipolar disorder, ending months of speculation about the Congressman’s mysterious medical leave ...

It's a misconception that bipolar disorders are an up-down, up-down experience. The mood storms are more likely to be crashes into depression, and it's particularly so in bipolar II disorder. A ...

Bipolar II disorder is a mental health condition that involves periods of depression and periods of elevated mood, called hypomania. All forms of bipolar disorder involve shifts in mood and levels of ...

I was diagnosed with bipolar II at a time when everyone thought there was only one type of bipolar disorder. At 21, I’d moved from my home base in Texas to New Jersey. After completing a successful ...