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

Image made with elements from Canva. Bipolar disorder is one of the most common mental illnesses—it affects an estimated 40 million people worldwide, about 2.8% of the population. Bipolar disorder can ...

Officials say bipolar disorder affects millions of people worldwide.

Bipolar disorder affects about 3% of the population and can have devastating effects. It is the sixth most common cause of disability in the United States. Life-time rates for completed suicide are ...

Bipolar disorder: Reading the neural circuit before the clinical storm arrives ...

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is poised to receive a massive injection of cash to fund research in the understanding ...

Bipolar disorder in women is a complicated mental disorder that is characterised by severe mood swings that extend to emotional heights mania or hypomania, and emotional depths depression. The changes ...

Bipolar anger can build quickly. Here’s why it happens — and the strategies that can help you manage it before it takes over. It starts with a routine annoyance — the living room is a mess again, or ...

Hypersexuality is a common but seldom discussed symptom of bipolar disorder, making proactive management essential. If you’re ...

The piece below is adapted from a Q&A with Dr. Robert M.A. Hirschfeld that originally appeared in the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation's January 2016 Quarterly publication. Dr. Robert M.A.

Recent gene-expression findings may energize the search for a mechanism in bipolar disorder pathology. Chris-tine Konradi and collaborators, from McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass., and Harvard Medical ...