Practical, compassionate ways to support a friend with bipolar disorder — without burning out or saying the wrong thing.

These drugs are generally given during the agitated state of mania or depression, and some are also used specifically to treat bipolar depression (for example, Caplyta, Latuda, Seroquel, Symbyax, or ...

Bipolar cells are the only neurons that connect the outer retina to the inner retina. They implement an 'extra' layer of processing that is not typically found in other sensory organs. The different ...

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 ...

Bipolar disorder is one of the most misunderstood mental health conditions out there. If your perception of the illness is mainly shaped by pop culture depictions like Carrie’s counterterrorist ...

The condition may make it hard to maintain relationships and can disrupt one’s daily routine, including work or school. Myths and stereotypes about bipolar disorder abound, and the stigma attached to ...

Bipolar disorder is a condition in which a person experiences dramatic shifts in mood and energy, but at severities that are different from the mood changes the average person goes through. But a ...

While it’s become mainstream to talk about mental health conditions like depression and anxiety, bipolar disorder continues to be misunderstood and even misused as a term by the general public. People ...

I was 18 years old, pregnant, scared and lonely when I met my now-husband. We became best friends, and two years later he married another woman and had a baby. Fast forward six years: we were madly in ...

Host of Healthline podcasts Inside Mental Health and Inside Bipolar. As someone who lives with bipolar disorder, there are many things about my life that society gets wrong, one of which is that ...

About two-thirds of people with bipolar disorder are misdiagnosed with other mental health problems before bipolar is discovered (Hirschfeld, Lewis & Vornik, 2003). Among those individuals, a ...

In this week's PEOPLE cover story, Mariah Carey reveals for the first time her battle with bipolar disorder In this week’s PEOPLE cover story, Mariah Carey reveals for the first time her battle with ...