Bipolar Disorder (BD) is one of the most important and debilitating mental health conditions. Typically, individuals with BD alternate between periods of depression and mood elevation, also known as ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

Lindsay Modglin is a nurse and professional writer who regularly writes about complex medical topics, as well as travel and the great outdoors. She holds a professional certificate in scientific ...

Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania. Kay Redfield Jamison is one of those people. She's also a ...

It used to be called manic depression in an effort to capture the swing of emotions from intense manic highs to the lowest of lows. Today it’s called bipolar disorder, another way to describe a mental ...

PTSD and bipolar disorder have some overlapping symptoms, including disturbing thoughts and depressed mood. However, their cause and symptom patterns set them apart. Bipolar disorder and ...

Tiny lab-grown brains are offering an unprecedented look at how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder disrupt neural activity.

As with so many other forms of mental illness, the common understanding of bipolar disorder is wrong in a meaningful way. People tend to think the syndrome entails heightened sensitivities to one’s ...