Bipolar cells are the only neurons that connect the outer retina to the inner retina. They implement an 'extra' layer of processing that is not typically found in other sensory organs. The different ...

With the first report of lithium's efficacy in 1949 by Cade, bipolar disorder has the longest record of treatment efficacy among the major Axis I disorders. Furthermore, after more than half a century ...

From new research on diet to medications that may prevent suicide, here’s what 5 new studies mean for your bipolar care. Your bipolar care team should give you the support you actually need, not what ...

This post is in response to “Are there Benefits to having Bipolar Disorder?” By Robert J. Hedaya MD, DLFAPA, ABPN, CFM I attended a great presentation at the APA annual conference in San Francisco ...

Tammy Worth is a healthcare reporter with over 20 years of experience. Her work appears across several publications including The Economist, Bloomberg, Health, Leader’s Edge, WebMD, and KCPT, Kansas ...

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have been diagnosed from the outside in, through behavior, mood, and memory ...

One of the diagnostic fads in mental health, the over-diagnosis of bipolar disorder, is ongoing and problematic. This review aims to shed light on what makes this problem so tenacious. It is also a ...

With the expectations of friends and family to squeeze a high degree of activity and socialization into a short period of ...

Yet bipolar appears in various forms and severity in about 1 in every 25 American adults at some point in their lives, according to a major study published in May. Current medicines help, but often ...