The course of bipolar disorder differs between men and women. Women experience more depressive mixed or rapid cycling, so that means their manic episodes tend to be less severe and their depressive ...

Women who have been previously hospitalized for bipolar disorder are nearly twice as likely to have premature babies compared to women without a history of mental illness, according to a new study by ...

A recent study of more than 3.8 million women who gave birth in California found that those who were multiracial were more likely to have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder compared with women of a ...

Poor sleep is associated with negative mood in women with bipolar disorder, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and University of Michigan Medical School. Bipolar disorder is a ...

Discover the truth behind 11 common bipolar disorder myths. Learn the facts to better understand this complex condition and ...

I was diagnosed with bipolar II at a time when everyone thought there was only one type of bipolar disorder. At 21, I’d moved from my home base in Texas to New Jersey. After completing a successful ...

The problem with everyone having a cell phone is that your work or family might feel that means you’re always available to them. But it doesn’t work that way. See how this person is practical about ...

Living with bipolar disorder isn’t just about mood swings: It’s about carrying an invisible weight that few people understand. For high-achieving women like me, that weight becomes even heavier. We’re ...

Women with bipolar disorder have more difficulties during and after childbirth than do women with other psychiatric disorders, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Affective ...

Dr. Mercy Eigbike, right, a psychiatrist at Carle Foundation Hospital and clinical professor in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, was the first author of a study that examined bipolar diagnoses ...