My bipolar disorder meant I wasn’t a great mom to my oldest. Now, I’m making up for it as a grandmother.
Gabrielle Anwar was one of Hollywood’s most recognizable faces in the 1990s. She lived with bipolar disorder for…
Mental Health Disorders Slash Life Expectancy By Up To 20 Years
Mental health disorders could be a driving factor in heart-related deaths. (© pixelheadphoto – stock.adobe.com) Study Shows Anxiety,…
Bipolar Mood Shifts Linked to Insulin Signaling in the Pancreas
Summary: A new study uncovers a pancreas–hippocampus feedback loop that may help explain mood swings in bipolar disorder.…
Psychiatric Disorders and Brain Structure Connected via Genetic Mapping
Credit: Floaria Bicher / iStock / Getty Images Plus Researchers have long hypothesized that the genes influencing the…
Could Mental Illness Begin Before You’re Born?
Key Questions Answered: Q: When do genes linked to mental illness start affecting the brain?A: Many genes associated…
Virus Traces Discovered in The Brain Lining of People With Schizophrenia
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) may play a role in mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder,…
Genetic markers show promise in predicting mood disorder treatment outcomes
In a comprehensive Genomic Press Thought Leaders Invited Review, researchers have synthesized findings from dozens of studies examining…
Personality Could Help Predict Bipolar Disorder
Summary: New research suggests that personality testing could help tailor treatment for people with bipolar disorder by predicting…
Rare loss-of-function variants in HECTD2 and AKAP11 confer risk of bipolar disorder
To expand the search for genes implicated in bipolar disorder, we performed a genome-wide LOF burden scan of…