Anyone can be hypersexual, but people with bipolar disorder are prone to bouts of hypersexuality. People with this disorder have unusual and extreme shifts in their mood and energy, and hypersexuality ...

When Natasha Tracy was 19, a psychiatrist diagnosed her with minor depression. "I knew this was wrong," Tracy says. "He hadn't listened to me. I was suffering from severe, suicidal depression." ...

Bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder share symptoms but are distinct. Learn how to tell them apart and why ...

A battle has been raging for years in the mental health arena over how people with a bipolar diagnosis ought to describe themselves. Is it okay to say “I am bipolar?” Or is it more appropriate (and ...

His UTI was treated with the appropriate antibiotics and a fluid-intake increase. He was diagnosed with alcohol dependence and dementia as well as bipolar disorder, manic phase.

Some people with bipolar disorder experience paranoia when they are in a manic phase. They may feel that people are out to get them, which can cause intense emotions, including fear, anxiety ...

The phenomenology and comorbidity of adolescent bipolar disorder have gained considerable attention in the past few years. Most researchers have reported high rates of mixed states, rapid cycling ...

Bipolar disorder is a severe mental illness characterized by episodes of mania (high energy, impulsivity) and depression (hopelessness, fatigue). Suicidal thoughts and behavior are a core feature ...

Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic-depression, is a mental health condition that may feel like “a dramatic pendulum swing between emotional extremes, from the dizzying peaks of mania to ...