Rates of bipolar disorder diagnoses have been rising for decades, causing concern among experts that the condition is overdiagnosed. Because bipolar disorder overlaps with other illnesses, ...

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 can feel like a storm that erupts from nowhere, yet for decades the brain circuitry driving those brutal ...

This post is in response to Depression in Children: Proof of Bipolar Disorder By Nassir Ghaemi M.D., M.P.H. I want to respond to my esteemed colleague, Dr. Nassir Ghaemi, Director of the Mood Disorder ...

Convinced that her medication for bipolar disorder clouded her judgment, Homeland’s protagonist began the show’s third season self-medicating with exercise and alternative therapies. And doctors say ...

My intention in writing this post is to share the experiences that I went through with my son, starting with the first manifestation of his illness and our journey through numerous subsequent episodes ...

Veronika Denner felt like she was dying. She had blood in her stool, an overactive bladder and such severe, debilitating pain that she compared it to barbed wire being cinched around her diaphragm, ...

Ye, formerly Kanye West, took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal to apologize, saying a long manic episode in 2025 ...

Dr. Igor Galynker answers the question: 'Can Bipolar Disorder Occur At Any Age?' — -- Question: Do people of all ages get bipolar disorder, and how does bipolar disorder manifest itself at ...

Kanye West has been candid about his mental health battle over the years. In 2016, West, who also goes by the name Ye, was ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Paul English, 61, a serial entrepreneur who founded the travel website Kayak. It has been edited for length and clarity. I started ...

Paul English cofounded Kayak, a travel search engine that sold for $2.1 billion in 2013. He has bipolar disorder and has experienced manic and depressive episodes during his working life. He says ...