Mood Disorders

Doctor, can I have an extra cup of caffeine? Researchers performed a systematic review of studies of caffeine consumption and clinical symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder.

What are the greatest unmet mental health needs in the United States today? Recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control may hold the answers.

Blue light is associated with a host of physical health maladies, including obesity, diabetes, and cancer. But what does it do to patients with depression or bipolar disorder?

Although depression is more prevalent among women, it may be more challenging to diagnose in men. This National Men’s Health Month, learn to recognize male depression’s symptoms and catch its comorbidities.

Is depression the same today as it was in the 17th century? Is it the same thing in Nigeria as it is in the United States? One of the foremost historians of psychiatry weighs in.

Sleep problems are understudied, underdiagnosed, and undertreated.

Caregivers may want to shield their loved one with a mental illness. How can they impart advice while also allowing their loved one their independence?

In this conversation, a former APA president discusses mystical and meditative experiences, reconciling psychoanalysis and neuroscience, and tensions surrounding the medical model.

Helping a patient and their family with anger about a mood disorder can be difficult...

Running, walking, and other forms of exercise create some specific chemical changes in the body—which may end up benefitting the mind.

Mood disorders can be genetic and deeply affect surrounding people...

What treatments could handle both psychiatric emergencies and long-standings mental health conditions—in a hurry?

What can be done when a mood disorder upends a patient's life?

One doctor at the APA Virtual meeting explains how ketamine can rebuild spine and synaptic proteins in the brain, but may be difficult to actually prescribe to patients.

Teach both the patient and the patient's family are important steps to treating a mood disorder.

Despite recent advances in research on bipolar disorder, it remains a complex and even mysterious condition.

Caring for patients with mood disorders is different than caring for patients with any other medical issues.

Prazosin appears to be effective and perhaps the best medication for selected patients, including those with bipolar disorder.

A discussion with professor of medical psychology and director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders.

A high-powered lawyer faces her toughest opponent yet: mental illness stigma.

A study finds that testing genetic variations can predict outcomes and medication blood levels in patients with depression.

Is this phase 2 trial the end of the road for a potential new treatment?

Research on the prevalence of ADHD in Black individuals in the United States highlights the need for future research in this underrepresented group.

A rare genetic disorder may have unrecognized psychological consequences.

A new test screens for bipolar disorder with respectable accuracy