Medication and therapy for bipolar disorder can take time to work. Find out what experts say to look for to determine whether ...

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 ...

For nearly a decade, Leah Charles-King knew something was profoundly wrong. It took that long — nine and a half years, in line with the national average — before she received the diagnosis that ...

One of the patent signs of bipolar disorder is a manic episode. It refers to a prolonged period of abnormally elevated, ...

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 ...

With Kanye West's most recent bipolar episode still dominating the news, many of you may be asking yourself, what are the signs that someone is suffering from bipolar disorder? What should I look out ...

Anya Francis, a University of Manchester researcher who facilitated the lived experience advisory panel (LEAP) for the research and has experienced bipolar II disorder said, "This work was inspired by ...

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 ...

Schizoaffective bipolar disorder is a complex mental health disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression, alongside symptoms of schizophrenia. There are two types of schizoaffective ...

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of premature deaths in patients with bipolar disorder worldwide. In a novel study in young adults (aged 20-45) with bipolar disorder researchers were able ...

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 ...