Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that causes extreme shifts in a person's mood and energy level. A person with bipolar disorder may experience periods with an extremely elevated or irritable mood ...

Where mood disorders can cause temporary or fluctuating changes in mood, personality disorders cause symptoms that remain consistent over time and across a range of situations. For example, bipolar ...

People with bipolar disorder—characterized by extreme mood swings—are six times more likely to die before their time from external causes, such as accidents, violence, and suicide, than those without ...

A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has made a significant breakthrough in the search for the potential root causes of bipolar disorder. The research team, led by Professor Pann-Ghill Suh of ...

Find out how experts distinguish between normal mood swings and bipolar disorder, when you should seek help, and tips for ...

Cognitive dysfunction is a core trait of bipolar disorder. That's a short assertion bursting at the seams with nuance and caveat. For starters, what causes this core trait? The consensus had been that ...

Bipolar disorder patients are more likely to get Parkinson's, says studyiStock Bipolar disorder is a kind of mental illness which can create many shifts in mood. A person may experience extreme ...

But for a portion of pregnant and postpartum women who screen positive for depression, the true diagnosis is something else. Around 1 in 5 women initially diagnosed with postpartum depression will ...

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Summary: A new study has decoded the structural white matter communication networks of the brain in individuals with bipolar disorder. The meta-analysis harmonized diffusion MRI data from 449 people ...