Bipolar Disorder-Articles on Bipolar Disorder

Senior Q&A: What is bipolar disorder?

Q: A psychiatrist has diagnosed my elderly mother with bipolar disorder or bipolar depression. Can you explain what that is?

COMMENTARY: Being bipolar in Pakistan

Islamabad (Dawn/ANN) - I suffer from a disability called bipolar disorder, something that 2.4 per cent of the global population suffers from. For most of us, it is a genetic disease, but there are others who don't have a family history of it. It manifests itself by making an individual feel extreme highs and lows in cycles. It is also varied in intensity and has two classifications: bipolar I ...

The 'massive highs and miserable lows' of bipolar disorder

About 80 per cent of bipolar disorder is hereditary.

In Pages Of The New Book Runaway Mind, My Own Race With Bipolar Disorder, People With Bipolar Disorder Or Those With ...

The new book "Runaway Mind, My Own Race with Bipolar Disorder", tells the story of Maggie Reese who was changed forever by a Bipolar mental illness. Once a care free talented young girl with high hopes for her life, who became a confused, violent, angry destructive mania cyclone. As circumstances appeared at their worst, hope for her life was found through the love of family, compassion of ...

Henderson Sheriff's case highlights complex, sometimes devastating bipolar disorder

Henderson County Sheriff Rick Davis. / Special to the Pisgah Mountain News National Alliance on Mental Illness, Western Carolina — Offers support, advocacy, education and other help.