In 1980, a Manhattan synagogue with a special outreach to unaffiliated Jews was looking for a catchy slogan to encourage ...

In 24 years of managing bipolar disorder 1 with psychosis, anxiety, disordered eating, and complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), I’ve learned strategies to live well while living with them.

Such extreme mood swings are often misinterpreted as bipolar disorder. However, mood swings in BPD typically have a clear trigger and last a few hours. Mood swings in people living with bipolar ...

Lupus can cause neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as sudden mood changes or psychosis, which may resemble bipolar disorder. Lupus can sometimes mimic bipolar disorder, especially when ...

In schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, individuals have both bipolar symptoms and distinct psychotic episodes. Since psychosis is a common symptom in bipolar disorder, the right diagnosis can be ...

Psychotic disorders are severe mental health disorders that cause abnormal thinking and perceptions. Persons with a psychotic disorder often lose touch with reality and may experience symptoms like ...

Bipolar I disorder is a mental health condition that causes extreme ups and downs in mood and energy. You might hear it called “manic-depressive disorder” or “manic depression,” which are ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition marked by large shifts in mood from mania to depression. Although bipolar disorder can be challenging to manage, many effective treatments and ...

Both people in the relationship must recognize and reconcile themselves with this reality. If you have bipolar disorder and wish to repair relationships damaged by your behavior (whether while ...

Most patients with bipolar disorder spend more of their time in a depressed state than in mania. The depressive phase of illness accounts for the majority of time ill: 72% in BD-I and 81% in BD-II.

There may be a genetic link since the condition is more common in people who have a family history of psychotic or mood disorders, such as depression or bipolar disorder. Another theory suggests ...