Bipolar disorder causes extreme mood swings that range from manic highs to depressive lows, disrupting every aspect of life.

Bipolar disorder can be a devastating and disabling psychiatric illness that often begins in young people and then runs an episodic clinical course. Do individuals with bipolar disorder get better?

Parents often say a teen's mood changes from minute to minute. But mood changes are normal in adolescents. They're still developing effective ways to manage their feelings, says Kristin Francis, MD, a ...

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If you’ve been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it’s important to know there are effective treatments available and, most important, that you are not alone — the National Alliance on Mental Illness ...

In the December issue of Rolling Stone, actress and musician Selena Gomez opened up about her experiences having bipolar disorder. She showed how, with the help of supportive mental health ...

The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey provides the official statistics on trends over time in autism, psychotic disorder, ...

People of color with bipolar disorder are less likely to receive vital mood-stabilizing treatment than white people with the same condition, research shows. Here’s why that’s dangerous. Bipolar ...

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Relapse in people with bipolar disorder can be predicted accurately by their tendency towards having pessimistic beliefs, according to a study published today in eLife. The results could provide an ...