The study, which involved more than 128,000 women, revealed a 112 percent increase in first-onset bipolar symptoms, such as mania, during perimenopause. In other words, ...

A person can be manic or hypomanic, which is a less extreme form of mania, but both have the same symptoms. The person may be wired, jumpy or abnormally upbeat and confident, often with an ...

Bipolar 2 Disorder Diagnostic Criteria. The diagnosis of bipolar 2 disorder hinges on a different balance of manic and depressive symptoms. With bipolar 2 disorder, you don’t have manic episodes ...

To be diagnosed with bipolar I disorder, you need to have experienced at least one manic episode lasting at least a week, characterized by symptoms that substantially interfere with daily ...

It used to be called manic depression in an effort to capture the swing of emotions from intense manic highs to the lowest of lows. Today it’s called bipolar disorder, another way to describe a ...

(CNN) — It used to be called manic depression in an effort to capture the swing of emotions from intense manic highs to the lowest of lows. Today it’s called bipolar disorder, another way to ...

People with Bipolar I disorder have full-blown manic attacks and deep, paralyzing depressions. A World Health Organization survey found the prevalence rate of bipolar I disorder to be 0.6 percent.

When we think about treating bipolar I disorder (BD-I), the conversation often starts with pharmacotherapy as medication ...

Mania and depression tend to manifest much differently, though people with bipolar disorder may experience symptoms of both simultaneously. Generally, depending on the type of episode, they will ...

Mental illness cost Imtiaz Zafar almost a decade of his academic life. Now it motivates him to help find effective treatments ...

It used to be called manic depression in an effort to capture the swing of emotions from intense manic highs to the lowest of lows. Today it’s called bipolar disorder, another way to describe a ...

(CNN) — It used to be called manic depression in an effort to capture the swing of emotions from intense manic highs to the lowest of lows. Today it’s called bipolar disorder, another way to ...