Bipolar episodes can occur at random, but they’re often associated with specific circumstances. By identifying these thoughts, feelings, and events, you can learn to better manage situations that are ...

Although she was hospitalized during a manic episode and diagnosed with bipolar disorder, doctors never mentioned that it could happen again. Instead, Elly was stabilized, handed a prescription for ...

Treatment with modern antidepressants may help prevent patients with bipolar disorder from relapsing into a depressive episode, according to an international clinical trial. The findings challenge ...

Bipolar depression rarely strikes without warning. Learning to spot these early signs may help you step in before a full episode develops. Bipolar depression can feel all-consuming once an episode ...

It's a misconception that bipolar disorders are an up-down, up-down experience. The mood storms are more likely to be crashes into depression, and it's particularly so in bipolar II disorder. A ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry, researchers investigate whether reproducible signatures of metabolomic biomarkers could be obtained from dried blood spot samples to distinguish between ...

The approval of medicines called second-generation antipsychotics has allowed bipolar I and other associated conditions to be treated. A person with bipolar I disorder can go through various mood ...

If you have bipolar disorder, identifying your triggers can help you manage symptoms and future episodes. Common triggers for depressive, manic, or hypomanic episodes include stress, sleep ...

A student pulling an all-nighter for an exam in her bedroom. Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that’s characterized by mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic or hypomanic highs.