Prednisone, a steroid, is prescribed to millions of Americans, often to treat chronic inflammation. While mood swings are a known side effect, some patients say they experienced much worse. They say ...

Rates of bipolar disorder diagnoses have been rising for decades, causing concern among experts that the condition is ...

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a major mental disorder, affecting 1% of the global population. Patients suffering from BD ...

Patients suffering from serious mental illness who are hospitalized for mania are more likely to be taking antibiotics to treat infections than patients without a mental disorder, according to a new ...

Bipolar disorder is characterized by bouts of extreme mood, with episodes of mania occurring alongside periods of depression.

(Mar. 4, 2008) — A small, three-week trial of tamoxifen, a drug typically used to treat breast cancer, indicates that it also may decrease symptoms of mania in patients with bipolar disorder, ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece, 11 February 2025 - In a notable Genomic Press research report, researchers at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki have uncovered a significant presence of manic symptoms in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mania was associated with reduced dopamine transporter density levels among those with bipolar disorder, ...

Patients with bipolar disorder who experience manic episodes are more likely to show abnormal brain changes over time, according to one of the largest longitudinal brain imaging studies in its field ...

The study included approximately 400 adults with a history of bipolar I disorder who had a current episode of mania. Iloperidone was associated with significant improvement in adults with bipolar I ...

Manic-depression, or bipolar disorder, is one of the most misdiagnosed conditions in psychiatry. Part of the problem, as noted in yesterday's post, is that the term bipolar has been watered down to an ...