New bipolar disorder research highlights a wearable lithium sensor, how mood stabilizers affect thinking, and fathers’ ...

Learn how to treat bipolar mixed states, where overlapping symptoms, risk factors, and side effects require a careful, ...

When it comes to managing bipolar disorder, sleep plays a prominent role. Yet many people think, “Well, what does sleep have to do with bipolar disorder?” Sleep is vitally important. And people — not ...

One of the benefits of comedy — apart from the obvious joy, laughter, and sense of community it inspires — is that it allows writers and performers to address topics that often stay hidden in everyday ...

If you have a psychiatrist on your bipolar disorder treatment team, ask yourself this: Are you getting the most out of your relationship? Do you come prepared for your appointments with solid ...

I have to laugh at the dramatic title that came to my mind as I contemplated what to write about for this post. As someone with bipolar disorder, it’s something my depressed mind would insist upon, ...

Bipolar depression affects my decision-making, especially when it comes to work. Hypomania also influences my choices, and it tends to have a stronger impact on my relationships. Mania, on the other ...

A “dual diagnosis” means having two disorders diagnosed at the same time. It could be any two diagnoses, but typically it refers to the co-occurrence of a mental health condition along with a ...

When Lynn was younger, she realized that sometimes she would hear things at work that no one else could. It was all so unsettling: a rattle in the overhead air-conditioning unit, a cricket down the ...

When my mental health isn’t 100 percent, I’m open about it with family, friends, and colleagues who know I have bipolar 1 disorder. Although I’m offered a lot of support, I’ve noticed that there’s a ...

When I feel ignored, my mind races to the worst. These are my go-to ways to break that bipolar thought spiral. I have to laugh at the dramatic title that came to my mind as I contemplated what to ...

Complementary and integrative therapies can be beneficial for those with bipolar disorder — as long as they are an addition to your treatment plan, not a substitution for it. For someone with bipolar ...