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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness. People who have it go through unusual mood changes. They go from very happy, "up," and active to very sad and hopeless, "down," and inactive, and then back again. They often have normal moods in between. The up feeling is called mania. The down feeling is depression. The causes of bipolar disorder aren't always clear. It runs in families. Abnormal brain structure and function may also play a role. Bipolar disorder often starts in a person's late teen or early adult years. But children and adults can have bipolar disorder too. The illness usually lasts a lifetime.
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Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
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Neuroscience
Children born to parents with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk of developing psychopathology.
Written By:
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APR 18, 2025
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...
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...
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JAN 28, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
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JUL 29, 2024
Neuroscience
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...
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Annie Lennon
MAR 06, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have revealed surprising parallels between aging and schizophrenia. There seem to be similar patterns of gene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis use disorder (CUD) more than doubled among veterans between 2005 and 2019, with even greater increases seen amo
...
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Annie Lennon
NOV 20, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
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Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2023
Neuroscience
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...
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Annie Lennon
OCT 31, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Bipolar disorder https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder (once known as manic depression) is a mental di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2023
Health & Medicine
A recent study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice discusses the psychedelic drug known as psilocybin, whic
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 05, 2023
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
AUG 02, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In a study in which scientists took a novel approach to deciphering the genetics of autism, scientists have found that a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A study published in JAMA Psychiatry indicates a significant link between cannabis use disorder (CUD) and the developmen
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUN 15, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
As the legalization of cannabis continues to expand across the United States and throughout the world, the risk of devel
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 05, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Bipolar disorder (BD) is thought to impact nearly one percent of all people. BD can cause a cycle of sudden, depressed m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder affects a person's perception of reality, and may impact many aspects of their li
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
People with bipolar disorder (BD) have alternating episodes of depression and mania, in which they are abnormally irrita
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2023
Neuroscience
Adult smokers with mental illness drink more coffee than those without mental illness. The corresponding study was publi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 22, 2023
Neuroscience
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may be linked to mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and suicidal
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 12, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Experts disagree as to what the risks are from consuming cannabis, if any. Here's the details.
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
JAN 04, 2023
Health & Medicine
The new anti-psychotic lumateperone was developed to treat schizophrenia and bipolar I and II disorder in adults. But wh
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno