Steve Khalid Shema, a 26-year-old artist, filmmaker, poet, and writer-director based in Kigali, was clinically diagnosed last year with bipolar disorder and depression. Following his diagnosis, he ...

A pilot study involving psilocybin-assisted therapy found possible antidepressant effects for people with bipolar II disorder ...

Anxiety disorders, which co-occur in over 50% of bipolar cases, create presentations featuring prominent worry, physiological arousal, and avoidance behaviors alongside mood symptoms.

The bipolar 2 state is usually linked with milder hypomanic symptoms. Remember that every person diagnosed with bipolar disorder is affected differently. The kind of bipolar diagnosis is determined by ...

Approximately 9.5% of American adults ages 18 and over, will suffer from a depressive illness (major depression, bipolar disorder, or dysthymia) each year. Women are nearly twice as likely to suffer ...

Bipolar disorder was slightly more common in women (7%) than in men (5.6%), but the difference wasn’t significant. Bipolar disorder was more common in the Americas than in Europe.

Most of the time, people in manic states are unaware of the negative consequences of their actions. With bipolar disorder, suicide is an ever-present danger because some people become suicidal even in ...

Irritable temperament and lifetime psychotic symptoms are predictors of anxiety symptoms in bipolar disorder. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 72, 63–71. doi: 10.1080/08039488.2017.1385851 Singer, J.

The three symptoms below are parts of bipolar disorder that we’re all too familiar with but often choose to keep under wraps ...