There are several types of bipolar disorder. This mental health condition causes extreme mood swings, with emotional highs (mania) and emotional lows (depression). Your mood may seem neutral at times ...

Going through the emotional highs and lows of bipolar disorder can greatly affect a person’s ability to function in day-to-day life. There’s no cure for bipolar disorder, but treatments can help. But ...

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is an illness in which a person has periods of high mood and energy and other times of depression. People diagnosed with bipolar disorder usually have ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects mood and can cause periods of elation and depression. People with bipolar disorder commonly experience sleep disturbances, which may result ...

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Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that can cause extreme changes in mood. It is also associated with various structural and functional changes in the brain. People with bipolar disorder ...

About two-thirds of people with bipolar disorder are misdiagnosed with other mental health problems before bipolar is discovered (Hirschfeld, Lewis & Vornik, 2003). Among those individuals, a ...

The essential problem in assessing bipolar disorder with other mental disorders is the lack of a clear roadmap for an accurate differential diagnosis. As I have written before, nearly two-thirds of ...

Mood fluctuations are common during normal daily life as a result of either stressful or pleasant events. However, severe and persistent mood swings that result in psychological distress and ...