form being filled out A 25-item true and false questionnaire was used to assess knowledge of bipolar disorder. The Bipolar Disorder Knowledge Scale has demonstrated consistency and reliability between ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects 4.4% of US adults at some point in their lives, according to the ...

The approval of medicines called second-generation antipsychotics has allowed bipolar I and other associated conditions to be treated. A person with bipolar I disorder can go through various mood ...

Diagnosing bipolar disorder can be difficult. While it is not hard to distinguish between its two characteristic phases—the high spirits of mania and the low spirits of depression—it is challenging to ...

Bipolar patients with mania/mixed episodes who quit using cannabis do better than their counterparts who continue using the drug, new research shows. Investigators at the International Mood Disorders ...

Bipolar disorder is a condition that causes major changes in activity, energy, and mood. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) results in a person having unwanted ideas, thoughts, or sensations to recur ...

Schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder are two conditions that have many differences between them. A class of medicines called antipsychotics can be used to treat both conditions but may cause unwanted ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggest that smoking may be independently associated with suicidal behavior in subjects with bipolar disorder. "The ...

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a chronically recurring condition involving moods that swing between the highs of mania and the lows of depression. Depression is by far the most ...