In her first Mental Elf blog, Dr Mary Butler discusses the use of probiotics for the treatment of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

A tool based on machine learning from routine clinical data may be useful in predicting the transition to schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.

Excessive daytime napping was significantly and independently associated with depressive symptoms among patients with bipolar disorder.

To an outsider, bipolar disorder and depression might seem very similar, with periods of intense sadness, hardly any energy to do the things you used to love and difficulty concentrating on ...

I’ve lived with bipolar disorder since 1981 — right around the time “manic depression” was renamed. Over these four decades, I’ve learned many lessons — some the hard way. Over time, I learned many ...

mild recurrent depression and bipolar disorder, according to court documents. The worker was suspended for five days following the test, during which time he allegedly received a call from a ...

Trigger warning: this article contains a clinical discussion of suicide, which may be triggering to some readers. Living with bipolar disorder is challenging, and the first hurdle is getting a correct ...

March 30 is celebrated worldwide as World Bipolar Day. Mood disorders are psychiatric ... neither neuroscience nor genetics has yet produced a laboratory test for mood disorders.