Dr. Harold Koenig answers the question: 'What Is Depression?' — -- Question: What is the difference between depression and manic depression (bipolar disorder)? Answer: Depression and manic ...

Dr. Roy Perlis answers the question: 'Bipolar Disorder & 'Regular' Depression?' — -- Question: How is bipolar disorder different from unipolar depression or 'regular' depression? Answer: Both ...

TV chef and restaurateur Heston Blumenthal has been named an official ambassador for Bipolar UK after being diagnosed with the condition in 2023. The 58-year-old shared that following his public ...

Imagine wading through severe depression for years, taking medication after medication, with no relief. Now, envision discovering that what you were facing was not major depression but bipolar ...

Bipolar II disorder is a mental health condition that involves periods of depression and periods of elevated mood, called hypomania. All forms of bipolar disorder involve shifts in mood and levels of ...

If standard treatments haven’t worked, don’t lose hope. Discover what treatment-resistant bipolar disorder means and new ...

To date, research on bipolar disorder and postpartum illness typically focuses on bipolar I and psychosis. According to a recent study by Sharma, Burt and Ritchie (Am J Psychiatry 2009), bipolar ...

Lithium is a medication meant to stabilize mood and is most commonly used in people with bipolar disorder, depression, or ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) appears to be far more effective than algorithm-based drug therapy for treatment-resistant bipolar depression in what is believed to be the first randomized, controlled ...

It’s not just mania that affects your finances. Bipolar depression can also impact your spending patterns, often in ways you may not realize. The story I tell myself about money is that I’m not good ...

Midday bright white light therapy may be effective for patients with bipolar depression, new research suggests. In a new study, this treatment approach resulted in a better antidepressant response ...

Rapid cycling is when someone with bipolar disorder experiences four or more episodes of mania and depression a year.