Mania and hypomania are periods where a person feels elated, very active, and full of energy. Hypomania is a milder form of mania. Hypomania may mean a person can carry on with daily tasks, but it can ...

Mania causes atypically high levels of physical and mental energy in people with bipolar disorder. Hypomania causes these same symptoms, but they’re not as intense or long lasting. Mania can occur in ...

"When they discuss hypomania on the Today Show, I'll know my work is done," I told a close colleague when my book, The Hypomanic Edge, was published in 2005. At that time, very few outside the mental ...

"Sometimes when talking to people, I'll tell them that I've just had a lot of coffee, even though it's not true, because I know I fire off in all directions, and I can talk to you about anything -- ...

My previous post covered the controversy about why people think it is not possible to be hypomanic without losing control. It is a good backdrop for this post. There are four steps that lead to ...

Improving our understanding of the causes of functional impairment in young people is a major global challenge. Here, we investigated the relationships between self-reported days out of role and the ...

While the diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) rests on the presence of at least five of the nine criterion diagnostic symptoms, patients with MDD often report symptoms of anxiety, ...