Dr. Ziad Nahas leads a team of U of M researchers experimenting with brain stimulation to cure severe bipolar disorder.

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 ...

In 2016, Matt Baszucki was a freshman in college and taking engineering classes when he began experiencing manic symptoms. “It was like sleeping less and less, having grandiose thoughts, rapid speech, ...

SAN ANTONIO – Eric Smith began his life as a talented and gifted student, but severe bipolar disorder took over in his teenage years. Fast forward through a bout of addiction, which was co-occurring ...

Bipolar disorder is a long-term mood disorder characterized by major fluctuations in mood — both high and low — that can impact daily functioning and behavior. Although bipolar disorder is a chronic ...

After years of frustrating searches for genes that contribute to mental illness, researchers at Johns Hopkins studying families with a severe form of manic depressive illness, called psychotic bipolar ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When all variations of bipolar disorder, or the entire "bipolar spectrum disorder," are considered, the estimated lifetime prevalence in the general population is ...

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, supported by the Population Mental Health ...

General Hospital actor Chris McKenna opens up about his bipolar disorder diagnosis, revealing he was diagnosed after ...

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 ...

What does it mean to “stigmatize” mental illness? Writers and directors often struggle to find a balance between honesty and hope, to avoid either glossing over the reality of mental health disorders ...