Recognizing if an individual has ADHD or bipolar disorder is a vital first step, as treatments beneficial for one might be ...

When I cycled through episodes of feeling so depressed and hopeless I could barely get out of bed with periods of euphoria, energy, and super creativity all within the same week, I thought I was going ...

Bipolar disorder is a long-term mood disorder characterized by major fluctuations in mood — both high and low — that can impact daily functioning and behavior. Although bipolar disorder is a chronic ...

Cognitive functioning in bipolar disorder encompasses a broad spectrum of neuropsychological domains, including verbal memory, executive function, attention, and processing speed. These deficits, ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, reveal today in Nature Genetics associations between bipolar disorder and rare loss-of-function variants in two genes. Bipolar disorder is ...

Many young people today are being treated for depression — and experience temporary relief from depression — with psychotherapy and medication. Yet for many individuals with bipolar disorder, the most ...

Mini-brains' grown in the lab allow scientists to study brain wiring without interfering with brains in living people, and now a new study has used these scaled-down models to identify neural ...