Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, reveal today in Nature Genetics associations between bipolar disorder and rare loss-of-function variants in two genes.

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have identified associations between bipolar disorder and rare loss-of-function variants ...

Isolation can occur during depressive episodes when you might withdraw from others or even during manic episodes when ...

Research suggests that people with irritable bowel syndrome may have an increased risk of developing bipolar disorder and vice versa.

Individuals who saw a play about a personal experience of mental illness and recovery shared that it made them reflect on ...

In today’s Health headlines, we’re talking about bipolar disorder awareness day, which is upcoming this month, and how to recognize the signs of this complex mental ...

Research on the use of cannabis by persons with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder clearly demonstrates that ...

On his bipolar disorder journey, a 28-year-old Ghanaian man shares his experience and decision to choose assisted death in ...

Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that includes at least one manic episode – characterized by elevated or agitated mood and often reduced need for sleep – accompanied by episodes of major ...

Conversion disorder is a psychiatric condition in which a person has neurological symptoms affecting movement or the senses, like paralysis or blindness, with no physiological cause. In the past, such ...

Mood swings in bipolar disorder are usually more biological or triggered by factors such as sleep, substances, and stress rather than interpersonal challenges. They last for longer periods, often days ...

Bipolar II disorder is a mental health condition that involves at least one depressive episode and at least one period of elevated mood, called hypomania. Bipolar II disorder causes intense ...