A landmark Nature study of 6 million people found schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share up to 70% of genetic risk The post ...

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 ...

Discover the truth behind 11 common bipolar disorder myths. Learn the facts to better understand this complex condition and ...

A revolutionary scanning technique has revealed that lithium MRI is a powerful tool for studying how the drug interacts with ...

Doctors use different medicines to treat bipolar disorder. The drugs help control your symptoms, but they sometimes lead to extra pounds. They can lower your metabolism. If you didn’t have much of an ...

The short answer is yes — lifestyle changes that improve your gut health could in turn improve your mood, early research suggests. You may be familiar with the gut microbiome — the trillions of ...

When it comes to diagnosing mood disorders or personality disorders, it’s important to recognize that there is often a great amount of variability in how a particular disorder might manifest. While ...

Bipolar disorder appears to be more common in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in the general population. MS is an autoimmune condition that affects the brain and spinal cord, damaging nerves ...

As a person who lives with bipolar disorder, I have faced a lot of stigma and discrimination, from extreme examples, such as being fired from my job, to small things, like a doctor assuming that I’m ...

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 ...