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

All the participants in these studies were unrelated, white, living in the British Isles and were of European descent. The protocols and procedures were approved by the relevant ethics review panels ...

Publication bias, especially the lack of publication of negative treatment studies, is known to be a major problem in the medical literature. In particular, it appears that the pharmaceutical industry ...

Not much is known about how bipolar disorder (BD) affects people throughout their lives. Do women and men differ in the severity of their symptoms? Does a person’s age when a bipolar diagnosis is made ...

The strongest association was with GABRB1 SNP rs7680321 and the Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) phenotype of schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type (SABP). This describes individuals who, in ...

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 ...

One of the more overlooked aspects of bipolar disorder is the potential for developing a degree of cognitive deficit as part of the illness. This omission reflects the reality that mainstream print ...

This post is the fourth in a series on bipolar disorder. Previous posts briefly reviewed conventional pharmacologic treatments, uses of select amino acids and omega-3 fatty acids and a proprietary ...

Claudia Slegers receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC). Does some fine madness yield great artists, writers, and scientists? The evidence is growing for a ...