Bipolar Disorder News

Psychotic and manic depressive disorders can not only disrupt the life of the person suffering with one of these illnesses, but the lives of family and friends as well.

Research has found that flu exposure during pregnancy is associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk of offspring developing bipolar disorder in adulthood, according to the National Insituate of Mental Health .

Bipolar disorder - where patients experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation to severe depression - is thought to affect roughly 2% of the world's population in its most pronounced forms , with milder forms of the disorder affecting another 2%. A new Lancet Series provides a comprehensive overview of the ... (more)

Aripiprazole belongs to the group of medications known as antipsychotics . It is used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Some sobering statistics: Depression has a much greater impact on marital life than rheumatoid arthritis or cardiac disease.

Author SummaryGenome-wide association studies have thus far identified only a small fraction of the heritability of common complex disorders, such as severe mental disorders.

Patients with bipolar disorder experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation to severe depression.

MILLIONS of people are being let down by a lack of knowledge about how to diagnose and treat bipolar disorder, according to Australian and international experts.

Bipolar disorder - where patients experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation to severe depression - is thought to affect roughly 2% of the world's population in its most pronounced forms , with milder forms of the disorder affecting another 2%. A new Lancet Series provides a comprehensive overview of the ... (more)

Maria Bamford has long been a comedian of choice for those who enjoy offbeat humor grounded in absurdist, sharply observed character sketches.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is inclined to think not. The agency reports that only one in five U.S. adults gets the recommended amount of aerobic and muscle strengthening exercise.

WE HAVE recently learnt that Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones has been admitted to hospital for treatment of bipolar II disorder.

The FDA has alerted healthcare providers and patients that medications including and related to valproate sodium can cause decreased IQ scores in children whose mothers took the medication during pregnancy.

Federal health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that a half-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children's intelligence if taken while their mothers are pregnant.

U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that half-a-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children's intelligence if taken while their mothers are pregnant.

Demi Lovato has been very vocal and open about her stint in rehab for substance abuse, self-harm, eating and bipolar disorders - and she's also been a role model to girls going through similar issues.

Holidays are supposed to be a time for relaxation, but not for Charlotte Walker, a mother and blogger with bipolar disorder.

Medications taken by people with bipolar disorder may actually be nudging hundreds of genes that direct the brain to behave more normally, according to new research.

I was getting ready to put my laptop down. When I saw that one of my favorite actresses, Catherine Zeta Jones was in the Headlines: Catherine Zeta Jones Checks in For Bi-Polar Disorder "maintenance." Whoa.

Publicist Sarah Fuller told the Associated Press that the Academy Award-winning actress "is committed to periodic care in order to manage her health in an optimum manner." Jones' struggles with her bipolar disorder are known.