For decades, scientists studying brain disorders have focused almost exclusively on proteins and the genes encoding them. Now, research from Thomas Jefferson University's Computational Medicine Center ...

FIFTEEN YEARS ago Valerie Taylor, a psychiatrist at the University of Calgary, in Canada, was approached by two people with bipolar disorder, a severe mental illness involving manic and depressive ...

“Lizzie McGuire” and “Revenge of the Nerds” star Robert Carradine has died at the age of 71, with his family confirming that he took his own life amid a battle with bipolar disorder. “We want people ...

The FDA approved milsaperidone (Bysanti) tablets as first-line therapy for adults with schizophrenia and manic or mixed episodes related to bipolar I disorder, Vanda Pharmaceuticals announced on ...

The lawsuit in California involves a young woman who says addictive use of social sites led to anxiety and body-image problems. But can she prove causation, does Section 230 immunity stand in the way, ...

Rates of bipolar disorder diagnoses have been rising for decades, causing concern among experts that the condition is overdiagnosed. Because bipolar disorder overlaps with other illnesses, ...

For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic blueprint of mania, the defining feature of bipolar disorder. Bipolar ...

Kanye West has been candid about his mental health struggles and how his bipolar type-1 diagnosis has affected him. West, who goes by the name Ye, revealed in 2018 that he was diagnosed with bipolar ...

In his teens and early 20s, Tyler Adolfo showed an ability to communicate effectively. A local newspaper in Massachusetts published a front-page story about his success in a speech contest. He won his ...