When I finally got my diagnosis, it felt like I’d been given the gift of a brand new life. My therapist, Barbara, sat across from me as I vented on her couch, using up the allotted 45 minutes to ...

Following the high profile suicide of iconic fashion designer Kate Spade, we are shedding light on a silent killer. Bipolar disorder (once known as manic depression or manic-depressive disorder) ...

Bipolar disorder is a long-term mood disorder characterized by major fluctuations in mood — both high and low — that can impact daily functioning and behavior. Although bipolar disorder is a chronic ...

The celebrity face of bipolar disorder has typically been, well, sort of crazy (think Britney Spears or, so it’s been speculated, Charlie Sheen). So when a publicist for Catherine Zeta-Jones — who has ...

Therapists joke that if a client is bipolar, on the first visit you might have the urge to take them to lunch (even though you can’t). People with bipolar are generally charming, intelligent, creative ...

Synthetic psilocybin with psychotherapy was effective and safe for patients with treatment-resistant bipolar depression, a small nonrandomized controlled trial suggested. Among 15 people with bipolar ...

Women are more likely than men to develop bipolar 2 disorder, a subtype of the condition characterized by longer and more frequent episodes of depressive symptoms than bipolar 1. Bipolar disorder is a ...