The Latest Breaking News from Bipolar Disorder

Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8 people around the world were affected by mental disorders like depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. While scientists have long known that many of these disorders run in families, their genetic basis isn’t entirely clear. One…

In 2011 I was a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School. I was on my psychiatry rotation — and I had a secret.

The day I sat in my psychiatrist’s windowless office and was told I had bipolar disorder, I’d already been in the mental health system for 25 years. It was my sixth diagnosis. Starting at age 12, I’d also been told I had anorexia, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive…

Q. My ex has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It makes it very difficult to co-parent. Will the courts grant me full custody when the other parent has a diagnosis like that? What’s good ex-etiquette?

Joseph Olswang's defence said he has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was in the midst of a manic episode at the time of the incident last June

Creativity has been Matt Ottley’s salvation – but for the artist, composer and children’s book author, it has come at a terrible price

Stranger Things actor David Harbour has likened mental illness to a 'natural condition of poverty' amid his own bipolar disorder battle

The Stranger Things actor added that he believes ‘being mentally ill is a natural condition of poverty’