Prednisone, a steroid, is prescribed to millions of Americans, often to treat chronic inflammation. While mood swings are a known side effect, some patients say they experienced much worse. They say ...

Patients suffering from serious mental illness who are hospitalized for mania are more likely to be taking antibiotics to treat infections than patients without a mental disorder, according to a new ...

(Mar. 4, 2008) — A small, three-week trial of tamoxifen, a drug typically used to treat breast cancer, indicates that it also may decrease symptoms of mania in patients with bipolar disorder, ...

Data were derived from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA), an ongoing cohort study (N=2981, age 18–65 years) including 2329 persons with a lifetime diagnosis of a depressive ...

Bipolar disorder is both prevalent and disabling. Surveys suggest that patients with bipolar disorder are often misdiagnosed on initial presentation, most often with major depressive disorder. These ...

Bipolar disorder is a recurrent and sometimes chronic illness involving episodes of depression and mania or hypomania. The most frequent presentation is depression: more than 1 of 5 primary care ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mania was associated with reduced dopamine transporter density levels among those with bipolar disorder, ...

Transmission of reward signals is a function of dopamine, a neurotransmitter known to be involved in the mechanism of psychosis. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we investigated how ...

Bipolar disorder is already confusing for those who suffer from it. The disease has no boundaries, affecting all spheres of a patient’s life—home, work, social, and more. Its extreme shifts in moods ...