Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a fairly common mental illness affecting one in every 100 adults in the UK. Despite its prevalence, misconceptions around the illness ...

Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania. Kay Redfield Jamison is one of those people. She's also a ...

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) were treated as distinct and unrelated psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by altered thinking and ...

Research has shown that Black patients are less likely to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder as opposed to schizophrenia, and a study published in 2023 found that Black patients with bipolar disorder ...

Bipolar disorder exists on a spectrum rather than as a single, uniform condition. This fundamental characteristic explains why two people with the same diagnosis can experience dramatically different ...

Bipolar disorder is one of the most serious mental health conditions that is going unreported due to the lack of awareness about the issue. The condition is one that is known to cause very intense and ...

Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory skin condition, but its effects go well beyond the skin. While it’s often recognized for its itchy, scaly patches, experts believe that the root causes of ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry suggests that chronic cannabis use may not be associated with cognitive ...