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

Negative reinforcement has a bad reputation. Here’s what it really means, and why it can be surprisingly helpful.

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) were treated as distinct and unrelated psychiatric disorders.

For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic blueprint of mania, the defining feature of bipolar disorder. Bipolar ...

For the first time, scientists from King’s College London and the University of Florence have mapped the specific genetic architecture of mania, the core feature that sets bipolar disorder apart from ...

Researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have, for the first time, identified the specific genetic blueprint of mania, the defining feature of bipolar disorder. Bipolar ...

A new study highlights that most adults experience little to no dissociation, though it is frequently reported in clinical populations, particularly people with dissociative disorders, PTSD, and ...

Psychology Today's online self-tests are intended for informational purposes only and are not diagnostic tools. Psychology Today does not capture or store personally identifiable information, and your ...

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a ...

I am hopeful that for me and others, DSM-driven diagnoses like “bipolar” can be seen as more transient states, as part of a greater journey of the soul.

Bipolar disorder is characterized by bouts of extreme mood, with episodes of mania occurring alongside periods of depression. For the first time, researchers have now isolated the genetic factors ...