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From self-acceptance to speaking out, people living with bipolar disorder share their honest experiences with stigma — and ...

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From ‘sickness’ to ‘stability,’ the way we talk about bipolar disorder can shape how others see us — and how we see ourselves ...

Moon + Bird, an imprint of Watkins Media, has picked up Kite Day, a new picture book about a child’s experience with a guardian who has bipolar disorder, by Lisa Varchol Perron and Siski Kalla.

Bibliotherapy is a therapeutic modality that uses literature to support mental health. Here are five ways you can bring ...

Do you have bipolar disorder and want to become pregnant or are pregnant already? Perhaps you have bipolar disorder and do not want a pregnancy. Be sure to talk with both your obstetrician and ...

Other anticonvulsants are less well-established for treating mood symptoms in bipolar disorder, and some -- such as Lyrica, Neurontin, or Topamax-- are also used "off label" for other types of ...

explaining that the disorder is created from a dysfunctional childhood. “They lack awareness, insight and empathy, and they think others are the cause of everything wrong in their lives.” The 190-page ...

The University of Texas Dell Medical School has joined a global study of bipolar type 1 disorder to better understand which treatments work and to identify biomarkers connected to manic or ...

In addition, she experienced hypomania — a condition marked by elevated mood, increased energy and activity — and suspected she had bipolar disorder. Tracy’s self-diagnosis was correct ...

The comedian talks about living with bipolar disorder and the evolution of medication in this exclusive look at their new comedy special '4Pills' Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.