Robert M. Post, MD

Experts urge early bipolar disorder treatment, highlighting lithium’s underuse despite neuroprotective, antisuicidal benefits and evidence that delays worsen outcomes and responsiveness.

Experts discuss why early treatment and tailored combos can curb bipolar disorder.

In an international network of patients with bipolar illness, more offspring of US patients than of those from Europe had received a mental illness diagnosis. This suggests greater epigenetic vulnerability in Americans.

Bipolar disorder is often accompanied by a host of other medical and psychiatric comorbidities. Recent evidence suggests that the illness is not as benign as originally considered . . .