A patient of mine, Henry, recently told me his girlfriend asked “Is bipolar disorder ‘real’?” Bipolar disorder certainly was having a real effect on my patient’s life. But Henry’s girlfriend might ...

Treatment for bipolar disorder can be highly effective for reducing the frequency and duration of mood episodes. But because treatment often combines multiple medications and includes psychotherapy, ...

Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM: Welcome to the WebMD Health Discovered podcast. I'm Dr Neha Pathak, WebMD's Chief Physician Editor for Health and Lifestyle Medicine. Bipolar disorder is a condition ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that is characterized by dramatic mood episodes that include mania or hypomania. These “high” moods alternate with periods of depression. People who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It used to be called manic depression in an effort to capture the swing of emotions from intense manic highs to the lowest of lows ...

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New research from the Universities of Keele and Manchester has found that psychiatric diagnoses, psychotropic prescriptions, and health service use patterns are strong indicators of bipolar disorder.

Mood disorders late in life could point to brain changes tied to dementia, potentially helping doctors catch Alzheimer’s earlier. Family members remember some of the early signs of Alzheimer’s in ...

It's been a busy week for the cast of Bravo's Real Housewives of Potomac. In addition to baby news, there have been two confirmed exits (Candiace Dillard-Bassett and Robyn Dixon, with the latter ...