Objective: Functionality and quality of life levels were measured in caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder, investigating the associations between them and with clinical and sociodemographic ...

Objective Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious and extremely prevalent mental disorder. Early diagnosis is vital for treatment. However, there are no specific screening instruments ...

Schizoaffective disorder is a psychiatric condition that involves symptoms of schizophrenia and mood disorders, such as depression. Schizotypal personality disorder is a psychiatric condition that ...

The increase in the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in pre-pubertal children has been recognized as a major misunderstanding of the diagnosis of bipolar disorder that the National Institute of Mental ...

In my last column, I introduced the idea that mood problems exist on a wide-ranging spectrum. Many people don’t land neatly in the category of bipolar 1, bipolar 2, or depression. Instead, they ...

Copyright: © 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. The hallmark of bipolar ...

Growing up in northern Virginia, Ola was a skinny and anxious preteen. She got good grades, but she was withdrawn and easily distracted. She ate little; the textures of some foods did not seem right.

We’re excited to launch a new regular column by leading psychiatrist Jim Phelps, MD, whose pioneering work has helped shape how we understand mood experiences on a spectrum. In each column, Dr. Phelps ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that is characterized by dramatic mood episodes that include mania or hypomania. These “high” moods alternate with periods of depression. People who ...

Introduction: Bipolar disorder is associated with several physical conditions and possibly increased pain, although research outside hospital settings is limited. We compared perceived pain among ...

ABSTRACT: Background: The study focused on the search for differences between depression within bipolar disorder (BD) and unipolar depression (UPD), based on the cited findings in the scientific ...

The following is a summary of “Social cognition in bipolar I and II disorders: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis,” published in the January 2025 issue of Psychiatry by Zhang et al.