Bipolar Disorder

Is dysphoric hypomania a phase of mania itself? Or does it represent a descent into a mixed state?

A brief overview of the many trials that have asked this weighty question.

Functional mood stability can be attained with lithium therapy, but guidelines on how to get there have become increasingly sophisticated.

President Barack Obama’s last bill signed into law; Carrie Fisher’s legacy gives voice to mental illness; psychological outcomes of women who had abortions against those denied abortion; and other psychiatry news.

Treatments for borderlinity and bipolarity are quite different. What if just 3 items from a standard screening questionnaire could increase your diagnostic certainty by 30%?

For up to 60% of patients with bipolar disorder, simply treating their mood symptoms is not enough to help them return to a full life.

Here is a year's worth of CMEs you can take right now.

Is it time to think outside the light box for treatment of seasonal depression?

A new protocol makes light therapy an option for patients with bipolar depression.

Be cautious: not all obsessive thinking is OCD.

Although recent reviews caution against overenthusiasm, what if a simple, inexpensive, and extremely low-risk anti-inflammatory was at hand?

Several new findings have emerged, one of which comes very close to providing a noninvasive “lab test” for bipolar disorder.

Why is there so little clamor for a drug that prevents neurodegeneration, carries very low risk, and is unlikely to produce significant side effects?

Bravely enter territory that academia has largely neglected-the nebulous region between full bipolar disorder and major depression.

Useful information about mood disorders in 3 key areas-bipolar disorder, comorbid ADHD and depression, and suicide risk.

Can lithium pass the LiTMUS test?

New research shows the benefits of low-dose lithium-even in the water supply.

Some of the most common challenges include the diagnosis of a mood disorder, especially a bipolar disorder, and the assessment and management of comorbidities and suicidalities in patients with a mood disorder. Here's an overview.

There is no substitute for understanding one’s patient as an individual, and treating accordingly, keeping in mind the possibility that not all psychosis is schizophrenia and that moodiness may or may not indicate a place in the bipolar spectrum.

What is the actual risk of suicide attempts or suicide death in people with bipolar disorder? How does a BD diagnosis affect short-term and long-term suicide risk? How should a BD diagnosis help guide us toward the most effective suicide prevention strategies?

A low-cost intervention creates “virtual darkness” to help stabilize mood.

A podcast on the role of randomized controlled trials in mobile mental health research.

The Prisoner’s Dilemma reveals a clear distinction between the 2 conditions.

A single approach combines potent elements from 5 bipolar-specific therapies.

Here’s the major ingredient in a new psychotherapy for bipolar disorder.