A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric patients.

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

A group of Yale researchers at the School of Medicine has received a $4.5 million grant to study bipolar disorder. The team will use a combination of patient observation, advanced brain imaging ...

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As many as half of people with chronic psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder (BD) don’t consistently take their prescribed medications. The consequences—an increased risk of suicide, ...

In the December issue of Rolling Stone, actress and musician Selena Gomez opened up about her experiences having bipolar disorder. She showed how, with the help of supportive mental health ...

Pea-sized brains grown in a lab have for the first time revealed the unique way neurons might misfire due to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, psychiatric ailments that affect millions of people ...

You may be familiar with the gut microbiome — the trillions of beneficial bacteria and other microorganisms in your digestive tract that support your overall health. But did you know that those ...

Despite a few similar symptoms, bipolar disorder is not a type of personality disorder. However, it may be misdiagnosed as one, or you can have both. Bipolar disorder is considered a type of mood ...

People with cancer, heart disease and other conditions have come to expect treatments that their medical teams "personalize" just for them, based on tests. But care for mental health conditions hasn't ...