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.

Understanding why bipolar disorder symptoms can make it so difficult to recognize when you need mental health help. Looking back on my experience with bipolar disorder, I never realized my emotional ...

Findings published in Biological Psychiatry point to new therapeutic pathways to protect this at-risk population from heart failure and improve life expectancy Despite accumulating evidence that ...

Image made with elements from Canva. Bipolar disorder is one of the most common mental illnesses—it affects an estimated 40 million people worldwide, about 2.8% of the population. Bipolar disorder can ...

One of these, written by Dr. William Coryell and his colleagues, followed patients with recurrent depressions and hypomania for some years and found that fewer than 5 percent of them ever became manic ...