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 ...

Bipolar 1 causes mania, while bipolar 2 leads to hypomania and depression. You can use medications and psychotherapy to help manage symptoms for bipolar 1 and bipolar 2. Diagnosis for bipolar 1 ...

People with a type of bipolar disorder, known as bipolar II, respond similarly to treatment with either antidepressants or mood stabilizers, or a combination of the two, finds a new study published in ...

British born actress Catherine Zeta-Jones poses for photographs after receiving her Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) from Britain's Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace in central ...

A new study makes the case for treating Alzheimer's disease with low-dose lithium, a drug typically used for bipolar disorder ...

Bipolar disorder exists on a spectrum rather than as a single, uniform condition. This fundamental characteristic explains why two people with the same diagnosis can experience dramatically different ...

From March 2022 to November 2022, patients with BD were recruited from the Department of Psychiatry of Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, located in Changsha, China. The inclusion ...

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 ...