Mixed states can feel like chaos. This visual model breaks down how mood, energy, and thought shifts interact in bipolar ...

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Scientific evidence has indicated that about 70 to 75 per cent of a person’s risk for bipolar disorder is genetic, higher than most other mood disorders.

Momentary shifts in mood, even those lasting just a matter of seconds, profoundly alter the brain's response to pleasurable experiences in people with bipolar disorder, finds a new study by UCL ...

Now our new study, published in Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, has uncovered the brain areas that bias mood and the brain’s response to pleasure in bipolar disorder.

Depression's impact may be brain deep. (Shutterstock) Major depressive disorder, which is a clinical mental illness and not the same as a temporary low mood, alters the brain’s structure.

Affective temperaments refer to enduring, subclinical traits that underlie an individual’s predisposition to mood fluctuations and, ultimately, full-blown mood disorders. The concept, which has ...

Major depressive disorder, which is a clinical mental illness and not the same as a temporary low mood, alters the brain’s structure. This accelerates brain ageing, making it appear much older ...