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 ...

Kanye West has been candid about his mental health struggles and how his bipolar type-1 diagnosis has affected him. West, who ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with music journalist and mental health advocate Kiana Fitzgerald about the latest public apology from the artist formerly known as Kanye West.

For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic ...

Ye, who attributes his bipolar disorder to brain damage from a car crash that happened 25 years ago, says he "lost touch with ...

People with Bipolar I disorder have full-blown manic attacks and deep, paralyzing depressions. A World Health Organization survey found the prevalence rate of bipolar I disorder to be 0.6 percent.

Researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have, for the first time, identified the specific genetic blueprint of mania, the defining feature of bipolar disorder. Bipolar ...

Researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have, for the first time, identified the specific genetic ...

It's a misconception that bipolar disorders are an up-down, up-down experience. The mood storms are more likely to be crashes into depression, and it's particularly so in bipolar II disorder. A ...

After 3 weeks of psilocybin and psychotherapy, all patients with bipolar type II disorder with a current major depressive episode experienced a drop in depression scores. Psilocybin with psychotherapy ...

Synthetic psilocybin with psychotherapy was effective and safe for patients with treatment-resistant bipolar depression, a small nonrandomized controlled trial suggested. Among 15 people with bipolar ...