Upon being diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder at the age of 24, Charlotte, a budding singer-songwriter, wasn't particularly angry, upset, or surprised. Her first thought after hearing the news? That ...
An expert perspective — grounded in clinical knowledge and lived experience with bipolar — clears up the confusion. Trigger warning: this article contains a clinical discussion of suicide, which may ...
Bipolar disorder affects about 1-2% of the population. It's characterised by manic episodes, depressive episodes, and potentially some psychosis. Katherine Ponte spoke to INSIDER about what it's been ...
What is classified as a bipolar-spectrum illness and rapidly cycles, but has no major depressive, manic, hypomanic, or mixed episodes? Give up? Cyclothymia. This perplexing mood roller coaster may be ...
Precise changes in the connectivity between neurons caused by an imbalance of gut bacteria may help explain depressive ...
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 ...