U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows advancement of RAP-219 into registrational trials for focal onset seizures (FOS); accelerated ...

Changes in daylight and circadiam rhythm can trigger manic episodes. A therapist shared the warning signs, and how sleep and structure help mitigate symptoms. Ushering in warmer weather and brighter ...

Many people are aware of bipolar disorder. Most know it’s a mental illness that swings the brain between depression and mania. Most understand depression to be debilitating—a condition that combines ...

Iloperidone, a second-generation antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia, appears to be safe and effective in the treatment of bipolar mania, new research suggested. Results of the phase 3 ...

Magnetic seizure therapy (MST) offers similar efficacy as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treating bipolar mania in adults, with significantly fewer adverse effects on language abilities, new ...

Having bipolar disorder hasn't been easy. I've lived with it for 11 years now. Being diagnosed at age 16 was heartbreaking for me. I didn't know what was going on, and I remember feeling like I was ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects 4.4% of US adults at some point in their lives, according to the ...

Most of us grew up hearing the term "bipolar" misused in reference to individuals who were simply moody ("Did you see how she yelled at me?! She's so bipolar!"). Unfortunately, while the term bipolar ...

It’s easy to recognize depression – at least the kind we associate with slumped shoulders, feeling dead inside and crying. Depression shows on our faces like a book cover. But mania! Oh, mania! It can ...

Bipolar disorder, which used to be called manic depressive illness or manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by wide mood swings from high (manic) to low (depressed). Periods of high or ...

Bipolar disorder and ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, are two conditions that are being diagnosed more and more in American children and teens, often together. Medical science is ...