Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bipolar disorder is complicated. It’s also completely misunderstood, and often feared. This leads to stigma, which means that some ...

If you’ve never really understood what bipolar disorder is, it’s a mental illness characterized by unusual changes in a person’s mood, thinking, energy levels, activity output, and ability to function ...

In the U.S., about six-million adults live with bipolar disorder, a mental illness experts say many misunderstand. First, there are different types of bipolar disorder. Bipolar one is characterized by ...

Attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is frequently misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or often dismissed. Those things have consequences. According to a recent study published in The British ...

Bipolar disorder exists on a spectrum rather than as a single, uniform condition. This fundamental characteristic explains why two people with the same diagnosis can experience dramatically different ...

This Sunday marks World Bipolar Day - a day observed globally. It is a day dedicated to raising awareness and reducing the stigma that is often associated with the condition. Around 6 million adults ...

In fact, difficulties with attention are so common in children that ADHD is often diagnosed instead of bipolar disorder. Actually, ADHD often appears before a clear development of the frequent ...

In the case of bipolar disorder the biomyths center on ideas of mood stabilization. But there is no evidence that the drugs stabilize moods. In fact, it is not even clear that it makes sense to talk ...

Bipolar disorder is complicated. It’s also completely misunderstood, and often feared. This leads to stigma, which means that some people choose to suffer in shadows instead of seeking support from ...