Many people with bipolar disorder have a love-hate relationship with their meds. They can work great to stabilize symptoms (which is why ... The aim is to reduce the frequency of manic and depressive ...

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 ...

The term "manic-depressive illness" or psychosis was coined by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin in the late nineteenth century, originally referring to all kinds of mood disorder. German ...

Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that each last from days to weeks. [4] [5] ...

Background: Depressive disorders are highly prevalent, have a detrimental impact on the quality of life of patients and their relatives and are associated with increased mortality rates ...

He was sick.” Life is ironic. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder 2 the next year and my own pattern of hypersexual behavior was easy to see in retrospect. I met my partner while I was hypersexual ...

Objectives: The purpose of this systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and tolerability of psilocybin in adult patients with major ...

Sleep challenges and bipolar disorder often happen together ... or accidentally — can even increase the risk of having a manic or hypomanic episode. Figuring out how to get the right amount ...

The chronicity of bipolar disorder makes both diagnosis and management challenging, even for experienced clinicians. Without a detailed history, symptoms may be missed. A focus limited to current ...