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 ...

Synthetic psilocybin with psychotherapy was effective and safe for patients with treatment-resistant bipolar depression, a small nonrandomized controlled trial suggested. Among 15 people with bipolar ...

The connection between bipolar disorder and type 2 diabetes highlights how genetics, medication, and behavior link mental and physical health. There’s a strong link between physical and mental health, ...

Patients with type 2 diabetes and a preexisting severe mental illness are prescribed metformin and insulin sooner after ...

Mariah Carey just joined the growing list of celebrities opening up about their mental health: The the 48-year-old pop icon told People she was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder back in 2001. "I didn ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that's widely misunderstood. In fact, bipolar disorder is more accurately an umbrella term that can refer to a number of specific disorders: bipolar I disorder, ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --In this week's People magazine, Mariah Carey opens up about her struggles with bipolar disorder. The singer said she was first diagnosed in 2001 but only recently sought treatment ...

No one wants to be mentally ill, right? I'm not sure; I think I did. Or rather, I didn’t want to be mentally ill as much as I wanted to be able to explain why my own brain felt so familiar and so ...

A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered compelling evidence of a genetic link between bipolar disorder type I (BD-I) and epilepsy, potentially revolutionizing our ...

Of the bipolar patients I've worked with over the years, it's the type 2 that stood out for self-injury and suicidal activity, and there's research backing that this wasn't uniquely isolated to the ...