Bipolar disorder is a long-term mood disorder characterized by major fluctuations in mood — both high and low — that can impact daily functioning and behavior. Although bipolar disorder is a chronic ...

Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that causes extreme shifts in a person's mood and energy level. A person with bipolar disorder may experience periods with an extremely elevated or irritable mood ...

A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has made a significant breakthrough in the search for the potential root causes of bipolar disorder. The research team, led by Professor Pann-Ghill Suh of ...

But for a portion of pregnant and postpartum women who screen positive for depression, the true diagnosis is something else. Around 1 in 5 women initially diagnosed with postpartum depression will ...

This post is the second in a series on the relationship between epigenetic factors and the risk of developing psychiatric disorders. In the previous post I reviewed epigenetic mechanisms that may ...

Lupus can cause neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as sudden mood changes or psychosis, which may resemble bipolar disorder. Lupus can sometimes mimic bipolar disorder, especially when neuropsychiatric ...

Experts do not know precisely what causes bipolar disorder, but if a person has a sibling or parent with this condition, they are more likely to have it. According to the National Institute of Mental ...

Schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder are two conditions that have many differences between them. A class of medicines called antipsychotics can be used to treat both conditions but may cause unwanted ...