It wasn’t every day that Patricia Torres raced down the streets of Miami at 70 m.p.h. But then it wasn’t every day that her daughter Nicole Cabezas hallucinated wildly, trying to jump out of the car, ...

Like many people, Joscelyn Guzman knew what it was like to be depressed. For much of her life, she had been shown compassion and empathy whenever she spoke about her struggles with depression — that ...

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a chronically recurring condition involving moods that swing between the highs of mania and the lows of depression. Depression is by far the most ...

It's common for teenagers go through emotional ups and downs and do things that don't seem rational. Learn the two hallmark ...

Manic-depression, or bipolar disorder, is one of the most misdiagnosed conditions in psychiatry. Part of the problem, as noted in yesterday's post, is that the term bipolar has been watered down to an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers have uncovered important factors associated with the switch from mania to depression among ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, along with collaborators at the University of Michigan and Sage Bionetworks, has won the Mood Challenge for ResearchKit, a contest ...

Bipolar disorder is characterized by bouts of extreme mood, with episodes of mania occurring alongside periods of depression. For the first time, researchers have now isolated the genetic factors ...

World Bipolar Day was this week, and the hope is to bring awareness and break the stigma. With advances in medications and ...

When you live with bipolar depression, your body clock may be off kilter. It’s called circadian disruption. Your circadian rhythm is the 24-hour cycle that dictates your body’s schedule. When you ...