Mixed states in bipolar combine symptoms of mania and depression. Learn how to recognize them and why they can be so hard to ...

While bipolar disorder can cause a depressed mood, bipolar disorder and depression have one major difference. With bipolar disorder, you might have “up” and “down” mood states.

This pilot study explored how a ketogenic diet affects mood, metabolic health, and brain chemistry in people with bipolar ...

Bipolar disorder is a psychotic disorder characterized by successive feelings of elation and depression. Also known as manic-depressive illness that affects 3 to 4 5 of the global adult population.

Bipolar disorder is a chronic illness like diabetes or hypertension. The term comes from the switch between depressed and manic states. People who are bipolar have had at least one manic episode ...

At that time, I contributed the chapter "Going to College With Bipolar Disorder." IBPF is currently in the process of publishing a second edition of the on-line book.

One of the predominant challenges in treating young adults with bipolar disorder is helping them to accept the reality of their diagnosis. It is often met with resistance as its implications are ...

Light therapy, consisting of daily exposure to bright, artificial light, is already a recognized line of treatment for people affected by seasonal and nonseasonal depressive disorder. But much less is ...

As Lecia Bushak wrote in a 2015 piece for Medical Daily: "Experts note that one of the main differentiating factors between bipolar and borderline personality disorder is that symptoms of ...

When people hear "bipolar disorder," they might picture someone ecstatic one moment, and depressed another. Because mental health is so stigmatized and often poorly understood, people tend to ...