Do you know what bipolar disorder involves? Are you sure? Psychiatrist David Medina helps separates the myths from the facts.

Before lithium became available to treat this potentially devastating illness, bipolar I sufferers experienced repeated ...

BD affects millions but remains misunderstood, underdiagnosed, and underfunded. Researchers are working to change this by ...

Scientists have pinpointed nearly 300 "hotspots" in the human genome that may increase the risk of bipolar disorder. In the largest study of its kind to date, an international research team conducted ...

I’m not trying to use bipolar as “an excuse,” and of course mentally stable people can go on benders ... in a way most others can’t. Having a brain that works differently can come with ...

The patient with subcortical dementia has evidence of CVA or other abnormalities on structural brain imaging scans (hyperintensities ... image in the mirror is someone else. Late-onset ...

A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like schizophrenia.

"A really big question that, at least I ask myself, is, 'How do we become who we are?'" University of Virginia psychology graduate student Olivia Allison said. New work she is conducting in UVA's Baby ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism ... can stabilize mood symptoms in young people with bipolar disorder. The 16-week trial will involve 40 participants aged ...