The collection of related illnesses known as manic depressive disorder (or manic depression or bipolar disorder) is characterized predominantly by swings between highly elevated moods (known as mania) and severely depressed moods. But because the permutations of the disorder can vary (rapid cycling between those extremes versus slower cycling, for example), it’s often difficult...
To keep completely up to date on news relating to depression, your first step might simply be to enter “depression news” into a search engine. Most of the latest information will spring up right away, and you’ll just need to sift through it. You’ll find information on current and new treatments, as well as...
It’s only been in recent years that the psychiatric profession has even recognized that there could be bipolar children. The accepted wisdom was always that bipolar disorder, or manic depression, only developed in adults. This was despite evidence from early researchers that some adult symptoms had in fact emerged before they were ten years...
For many years the psychiatric profession didn’t even believe there could be such a thing as bipolar children. Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, was described as an illness that emerged only in adulthood, even though some early researchers seemed to have evidence that some of the symptoms that adults exhibited had actually manifested well...
Manic depression is also known as bipolar disorder, and is a very common condition. Even though it is very common, it is misunderstood on the whole. People who are manic depressive have mood swings, and go from feeling super elated and happy to completely depressed. Manic depressive illnesses can affect both men and women,...