A Bainbridge woman has written a book about living with a husband and daughter who were diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Wilma Cotten said her goal is to help other people. “I want people to know they ...

Author Deborah Francis sits down to discuss her book, "Discomfort in the Manic Mind" that deals with bipolar disorder.

Sixteen years after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Adam Gerhardstein felt like he had a good handle on his mental health. He had a wife, a child and his dream job. Then, once again, bipolar ...

Gregg F. Martin, retired two-star general and bipolar survivor, photographed by his son Conor Martin in December 2012. (Photo courtesy Gregg Martin) World Bipolar Day commemorates the birthday of ...

Scott Box thought everything was going smoothly in his life as a Christian pastor, husband and father — but some annoying thoughts kept tripping him up. The Oregon-based faith leader, who has led ...

People who are genetically susceptible to severe mental illness but don’t develop the full conditions may instead have milder ...

It wasn’t every day that Patricia Torres raced down the streets of Miami at 70 m.p.h. But then it wasn’t every day that her daughter Nicole Cabezas hallucinated wildly, trying to jump out of the car, ...

Nancy Rosenfeld is a woman who lives with bipolar disorder, a devastating and life-threatening illness. We consider her to be an ordinary hero because of the amazing job that she has done in managing ...

Imagine wading through severe depression for years, taking medication after medication, with no relief. Now, envision discovering that what you were facing was not major depression but bipolar ...

Pamela Ann Glassman leapt to her death from her father's 15th-story window. She was 34, a psychotherapist, the eldest of five children — and a woman tormented by inner demons. But 16 years later, her ...