Bipolar II disorder is a mental health condition that involves periods of depression and periods of elevated mood, called hypomania. All forms of bipolar disorder involve shifts in mood and levels of ...

The major differences between bipolar I and bipolar II disorder were highlighted in a presentation at the 2022 Neuroscience Education Institute (NEI) Congress. The aim of the presentation was to ...

Of the bipolar patients I've worked with over the years, it's the type 2 that stood out for self-injury and suicidal activity, and there's research backing that this isn't isolated to the people I ...

Women are more likely than men to develop bipolar 2 disorder, a subtype of the condition characterized by longer and more frequent episodes of depressive symptoms than bipolar 1. Bipolar disorder is a ...

Millions of people worldwide live with bipolar disorder, and its symptoms can be managed There are two main types of bipolar disorder: bipolar I and bipolar II. While they share some characteristics, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband’s brother and paternal uncle were both diagnosed with bipolar disorder. His uncle struggled miserably for decades before his death; his brother has been in and out of ...

Bipolar disorder exists on a spectrum rather than as a single, uniform condition. This fundamental characteristic explains why two people with the same diagnosis can experience dramatically different ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend recently bought a new car on a whim and announced he was leaving on a cross-country trip without planning a destination or duration. Now he’s uninterested in any activity ...

The celebrity face of bipolar disorder has typically been, well, sort of crazy (think Britney Spears or, so it’s been speculated, Charlie Sheen). So when a publicist for Catherine Zeta-Jones — who has ...

Carson Pierse, 32, from Bentonville, Arkansas, has lived with bipolar disorder—a condition that causes intense mood and energy shifts—her entire life, even though she wasn’t officially diagnosed until ...

Synthetic psilocybin with psychotherapy was effective and safe for patients with treatment-resistant bipolar depression, a small nonrandomized controlled trial suggested. Among 15 people with bipolar ...

It's a misconception that bipolar disorders are an up-down, up-down experience. The mood storms are more likely to be crashes into depression, and it's particularly so in bipolar II disorder. A ...