The switch between mania and depression can be abrupt ... intensely erratic behavior, or high irritability followed by deep sadness. Created with Sketch. Bipolar disorder has biological roots ...

It used to be called manic depression in an effort to capture the swing of emotions from intense manic ... The mood swings from high to low and back again can affect a person’s behavior, judgment, ...

These cases generally involve severe manic episodes with dangerous behavior or depressive episodes with suicidal ideation. There are widespread problems with social stigma, stereotypes ...

As a friend of someone living with bipolar disorder, you can offer valuable support by staying alert to the signs of both ...

Roxanne Fletcher of Wisconsin has faced down her own demons -- literally -- after being diagnosed with Bipolar I disorder in ...

Asking someone if they have a plan to die isn't going to encourage them — it might help them get help instead.

[1] These subtypes of bipolar disorders cover a spectrum of severities, frequencies, and durations of manic and depressive symptoms. The differential diagnosis among these and with regard to other ...

with a diagnosis of manic psychosis. Premonitory depressive and hypomanic symptoms had appeared during the summer of 1952. Acutely disturbed behavior suddenly occurred on May 5, 1953, and the ...

Summary: Functionally impairing depression occurs in 2-10% ... or switch, to mania and suicidal thoughts and behaviors early in treatment. Compared with other antidepressants, fluoxetine has ...

We will leverage a smart phone-based software platform paired with the device’s chronic sensing capability to record local field potentials (LFPs) time-locked with remote, high-density measures of ...