Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes dramatic shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to think clearly.

The approval of medicines called second-generation antipsychotics has allowed bipolar I and some conditions that come with it to be treated. A person who has bipolar I disorder can go through various ...

If you think bipolar disorder describes a mental health condition that can cause extreme changes in mood and behavior, you’ve mostly got the basics. But its two main subtypes—bipolar I and bipolar ...

For many people who have bipolar I, lithium is that most elusive of pharmacological treatments, the “magic bullet”—a single intervention that completely eliminates the symptoms of a disease. Since the ...

Schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder are two conditions that have many differences between them. A class of medicines called antipsychotics can be used to treat both conditions but may cause unwanted ...

A series of proteins that could be diagnostic markers to identify bipolar I disorder have been identified by scientists. If this discovery sample can be validated through replication these markers may ...

Dr. Kiki Chang answers the question: 'Passing On Bipolar Disorder To My Kids?' — -- Question: If I have bipolar disorder, how likely is it that my children will develop bipolar disorder as well?

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects 4.4% of US adults at some point in their lives, according to the ...