A case study shows how self narration in bipolar disorder can form an emotionally charged, coherent worldview that influences identity and care.

Dr. Mercy Eigbike, right, a psychiatrist at Carle Foundation Hospital and clinical professor in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, was the first author of a study that examined bipolar diagnoses ...

Family members of the more than 10 million adults with bipolar disorder in the United States often see their own heath suffer from the demands of taking care of them. With a four-year, $2 million ...

Purpose: We had previously performed a genome-wide linkage scan for bipolar affective disorder in an Ashkenazi Jewish sample, a population likely to have reduced genetic heterogeneity. This study is a ...

Bipolar patients tend to have gray matter reductions in frontal brain regions involved in self-control (orange colors), while sensory and visual regions are normal (gray colors). Source: Courtesy of ...