The main differences between bipolar 1 and bipolar 2 are the severity of manic episodes, and whether or not someone ...

Schizoaffective bipolar disorder is a rare mental health condition that displays characteristics of bipolar disorder and ...

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It wasn’t every day that Patricia Torres raced down the streets of Miami at 70 m.p.h. But then it wasn’t every day that her daughter Nicole Cabezas hallucinated wildly, trying to jump out of the car, ...

Part I of this series discussed managing manic psychotic decompensation, particularly for family or loved ones involved with the manic individual. Part II gives a glimpse into the process of an ...

In bipolar I disorder, the onset of a manic, psychotic episode often represents the most destabilizing aspect of the illness. Judging from my clinical observations, mania alone, without psychosis, ...

World Mental Health Day 2025 is an opportunity to raise awareness about mental health conditions like bipolar disorder that ...

The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has a history of commenting on mental illness through his art. On a 2018 album cover, West included a telling quote: “I hate being Bi-Polar it’s awesome.” ...

Like many people, Joscelyn Guzman knew what it was like to be depressed. For much of her life, she had been shown compassion and empathy whenever she spoke about her struggles with depression — that ...

At school, I stopped taking my medication and became manic. I was forced to leave school and move back home, but now I have a master's. Throughout my senior year of high school in Arizona, I struggled ...