Bipolar disorder consists of depressive episodes of low mood, difficulty in concentration and work, poor sleep, and poor appetite, as well as distinct manic episodes of expansive mood, pressured speech, overactivity, sexual excesses,…

Children with bipolar disorder experience more enduring and rapidly changing symptoms of the disease than adults, according to a study that, for the first time, maps the clinical progression of each of the…

Clinicians at Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents, have found that bipolar disorder is more common than expected in teens in a psychiatric inpatient…

The tragic shooting of Rigoberto Alpizar at the Miami International Airport by U.S. Marshals who thought he had a bomb offers an opportunity to discuss bipolar disorder and the need…

The atypical antipsychotic drug Abilify (aripiprazole) appears to enhance the response to antidepressants in patients with treatment-resistant major depression, research suggests.

Atypical antipsychotic agents are often used to augment antidepressants…

Olanzapine is significantly more effective than lithium in preventing manic and mixed episode recurrence in patients with Bipolar disorder, according to results of a 1-year clinical trial. The two agents are…

The antipsychotic drug Seroquel may improve not only symptoms in people with Bipolar disorder, but also their quality of life, researchers report at the meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.

There is no single cause. The disorder tends to run in families which suggests that there is a genetic link. In people predisposed to the disorder, the onset can be triggered by stressful…

Signs and symptoms of mania include: