Psychiatrists are adopting a novel approach to uncover the causes of bipolar depression, with the illness now being viewed ...

Manic depression is thought to be caused by an imbalance ... For some patients, Zyprexa will help keep them free of symptoms over a long period of time. 'It is a significant advance, and one ...

And many patients who wind up with the label of bipolar disorder are initially misdiagnosed with unipolar depression. Misdiagnosed patients like Ola often look back on years of worsening symptoms and ...

My mom’s mental illness ironically played a healing role in my own. My mother would say two of the most curative words: "I ...

Harriet Lerner, a psychotherapist in Lawrence, Kan. and author of “The Dance of Anger: A Woman’s Guide to Changing the ...

One of the well known symptoms of clinical depression is episodes of pervasive sadness. But you might not know that there are ...

There is a great deal of evidence that in rapid cycling patients, manic symptoms are more likely to respond to treatment than depressive symptoms, and, as such, depression often becomes the ...

Here’s what you need to know about bipolar disorder, how to recognize it in kids and teens, and ways to offer support.

MinnPost talked with two sleep experts who will take part in the 60th annual Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Kevin Hines was desperate. For years, he’d fought a relentless enemy: His own mind, torn by the delusions of severe bipolar disorder. On Sept. 25, 2000, 19-year-old Hines was poised to lose not just ...

Bipolar disorders are currently divided into 4 entities: bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymic disorder, and bipolar disorder not otherwise specified, as described in the fourth edition of the ...