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Daily life can feel heavy when bipolar disorder affects your mood. Severe changes may strain your home life, relationships and daily routine. If bipolar disorder causes you financial difficulty, you may want to know if disability benefits are an option. A basic idea...
Watching your adult child struggle with a serious mental health condition is an overwhelming experience. You see their daily battles with mood swings or reality, and you know they cannot hold down a traditional job. When you look for help, you will find that the...
The recent death of Carrie Fisher, who portrayed the popular “Star Wars” character Princess Leia, made international headlines, not just because of her career, but also her very public struggle with bipolar disorder. Fisher never shied away from her bipolar disorder, and was very vocal about it. She wrote books on her diagnosis and also spoke extensively in public about…
Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder that is characterized by states of extreme depression and mania. New studies indicate that children who have suffered from physical, sexual or emotional abuse in their childhood are much more likely to suffer from symptoms of bipolar disorder in their adulthood. The study conducted by researchers at the University of Manchester focused on many…
Bipolar disorder , also known as manic-depressive, is a mood disorder, and like other mood disorders, can be difficult to diagnose. In fact, early symptoms of bipolar are often attributed to general moodiness or tiredness. Unfortunately, those issues to tend to lead to more problematic conditions if left undiagnosed and untreated. Bipolar disorder is characterized by episodes of mania and…