When it comes to mental health disorders, few are as prevalent - or as misunderstood - as bipolar disorder. It's a mental health condition that some 4.4% of U.S. adults experience at some time in ...

After a controversial speech and a series of social media messages, many are worried about the mental health of rapper Kanye West, who has spoken in the past about being diagnosed with bipolar ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects 4.4% of US adults at some point in their lives, according to the ...

Mental health issues are complex, and severe illnesses like bipolar disorder have long been been critically misunderstood. Though bipolar disorder was identified in writings as early as the first ...

New book by William J. Walsh, Ph.D., reveals how ion channel gene weaknesses and DNA damage drive the mania–depression cycle. According to Dr. Walsh, these impairments usually are not sufficient to ...

People with bipolar disorder - characterized by extreme mood swings - are 6 times more likely to die before their time from external causes, such as accidents, violence, and suicide, than those ...

The approval of medicines called second-generation antipsychotics has allowed bipolar I and other associated conditions to be treated. A person with bipolar I disorder can go through various mood ...

In one of the first research papers on an antidepressant, “The Treatment of Depressive States with G22355, Imipramine Hydrochloride,” the author noted that “in individuals who are predisposed” the ...

Agitation is a feeling of severe restlessness, crankiness, or uneasiness. When it happens, you may feel mentally distressed. Physically, you may feel like you can’t sit still, so you may pace or wring ...

Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression). When you ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...