Self-Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder
Psychology Today
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Have you wondered whether you or another family member had bipolar disorder? And did you go to Google to find out?
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Researchers achieve a significant advancement in early diagnosis of bipolar disorder in adolescents
Psychiatry News -- Science Daily
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Researchers report significant strides in enhancing early diagnosis of bipolar disorder in adolescents. Bipolar disorder is a severe neuropsychiatric condition that often emerges during adolescence and is characterized by extreme mood swings.
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When Symptoms Overlap
Psychology Today
APRIL 1, 2024
How experts differentiate borderline personality disorder from bipolar disorder and why it is important to know the difference
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The Connection Between ‘Bipolar Disorder’ and Migraine: Unraveling the History of a Family Line
Mad in America
OCTOBER 27, 2023
” His mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Pool also did an extensive review of my medical records and diagnosed me with bipolar disorder. Part of this process was also coming to “accept my mental illness” and see many of my experiences through the lens of bipolar disorder.
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Uncharted territory: cumulative trauma and bipolar disorder
The Mental Elf
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
Magda Skowronska summarises a recent systematic review which finds that cumulative trauma could lead to earlier onset of bipolar disorder. The post Uncharted territory: cumulative trauma and bipolar disorder appeared first on National Elf Service. A review that has important implications for mental health professionals.
Exploring the Connection Between Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorders
Dr. Sagnik Mukherjee Blog
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Exploring the Connection Between Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorders As a parent, caregiver, or even a concerned family member, have you ever wondered whether the mood swings you witness in your loved one could be more than just emotional highs and lows? However, it’s not just about mood swings.
Researchers use fitness tracker data and machine learning to detect bipolar disorder mood swings
Psychiatry News -- Science Daily
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Investigators evaluated whether data collected from a fitness tracker could be used to accurately detect mood episodes in people with bipolar disorder.
BHV-7000 for Bipolar Disorder Fails in Phase 2/3 Trial
Psychiatric Times
MARCH 4, 2025
Pipeline drug BHV-7000 failed to meet primary endpoint in a pivotal phase 2/3 trial for bipolar disorder; meanwhile, BHV-1300 sees success in sustained Reductions in Total IgG.
Desperate Measures: Ghaemi’s Response to Our Review of Lithium and Suicide Prevention
Mad in America
JULY 13, 2024
But Ghaemi wants to claim that lithium is special—that it does more than target symptom mechanisms, it modifies the disease process that underpins bipolar disorder. More people than ever are using psychiatric drugs, such as antidepressants, and seeking psychiatric diagnoses including depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD and autism.
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Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
Kids Mental Health Info
MAY 13, 2015
Facts for Families on Bipolar Disorder Adapted from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Bipolar disorder (formerly called manic depressive illness) is an illness of the brain that causes extreme changes in a persons mood, energy, thinking, and behavior. The illness can affect anyone.
Why Do Only Some People Experience Severe Antidepressant Withdrawal?
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
If I lose you, here’s the bottom line: it seems possible that some or much of the vulnerability to antidepressant withdrawal is related to “bipolarity”. Not bipolar disorder, but rather a mostly genetic element underlying bipolar disorders. Circle C presents symptoms and markers of bipolar disorder.
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Resources for Parents and Caregivers – Bipolar Disorder and Depression (DBSA)
Kids Mental Health Info
MAY 13, 2015
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) has compiled a list of resources for parents and caregivers of children with bipolar disorder and/or depression, including support groups, a parent & caregiver network, facts about these disorders, treatment options, and more.
Searching for the “Psychiatric Yeti”: Schizophrenia Is Not Genetic
Mad in America
JANUARY 20, 2024
Torrey is a psychiatrist and a researcher on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In research circles, he’s known as the founder and executive director of the controversial Stanley Medical Research Institute, which has spent more than $550 million on biological research on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder over the past few decades.
Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt
Mad in America
MARCH 30, 2024
The psychiatrist called me the next day and announced that Matt had “bipolar disorder” as if this were a “new” diagnosis — and had clearly not seen Matt’s medical records. Thankfully, the owner of the office, a renowned bipolar expert, said he could take Matt. This led to the symptoms that were diagnosed as bipolar disorder.
Beyond Pharmacare
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Following doctor’s orders, I had obediently swallowed Seroquel (quetiapine) that night, a so-called ‘antipsychotic’ medication used to treat mental illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and, off-label, dementia, autism, eating disorders, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Self Stolen: How ECT Fried My Brain
Mad in America
DECEMBER 29, 2023
I tried going back to school after the brain injury, but between the bipolar disorder and the head trauma, I couldn’t handle the stress and pressure anymore. I struggled despite all my efforts, struggled greatly. A traumatic brain injury in 2002 didn’t help anything.
Antiseizure Drug Exposure in Pregnancy Linked to Large Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
Mad in America
JUNE 3, 2024
The drugs—commonly prescribed for depression and bipolar disorder—are often used at higher doses in psychiatry, bringing more risk. However, little research has focused on antiseizure drugs, though they are commonly prescribed, particularly for bipolar disorder. the researchers write.
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What drives mood swings in bipolar disorder? Study points to a second brain clock
Psychiatry News -- Science Daily
JANUARY 27, 2025
A brain rhythm working in tandem with the body's natural sleep-wake cycle may explain why bipolar patients alternate between mania and depression, according to new research. A new study marks a breakthrough in understanding what drives shifts between the two states.
Mad Camp Europe: My Journey from Ward Violence to Healing and Community
Mad in America
MARCH 13, 2025
I got two diagnoses, borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder with ultra-rapid cycling, a fact that I hid throughout my whole time of service for the hospital. But you can expect it to be turbulent, full of ups and downs like many people who identify with the mad movement.
Psychiatric Patients Restrained at Sky-High Rates at This L.A. Hospital
Mad in America
OCTOBER 20, 2023
‘I have nightmares I’m being restrained,’ said Laidler, who has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. His ankles and wrists bore scars — the result, he said, of repeatedly being strapped to a bed with restraints at Los Angeles General Medical Center. ‘That hospital is like one bad dream after another.’
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Bipolar Test for Kids and Teens
Child Mind Intitute
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Bipolar disorder is a mental health disorder that usually emerges in teenagers and young adults, but it can appear in some children. Take our bipolar test If youre looking for a freebipolar disordertest, you can use our Symptom Checker to explore whether your child might havebipolar disorder.
New Guidelines on How to Accurately Convey ADHD Information
Mad in America
OCTOBER 17, 2024
This is, to our knowledge, the first set of guidelines on information about any of the disorders defined by the DSM.
What Is “Care” in a Psychiatric Medical Camp for the Unhoused in India?
Mad in America
APRIL 13, 2024
However, the doctor also did not hesitate to change the provisional diagnosis of “schizoaffective disorder” provided by the psychologist to “bipolar disorder” without any symptom presentation for “bipolar disorder.”
The Week in Review: March 3-7
Psychiatric Times
MARCH 7, 2025
Here are highlights from this week in Psychiatric Times, including updates on the BHV-7000 for bipolar disorder trial and a new study on physician suicide rates.
THE LIGHT PREVAILED by Diana Spore
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
I am also a trauma survivor, an individual labeled with Bipolar Disorder, who struggled with suicidal ideation. I am a social gerontologist, a former Board member of the MHRB of Ashland County, and older adult. I experienced the good and the worst in terms of the mental health care I received.
Bridging the Gap: Why Black Voices Must Shape Mental Health Research
NAMI
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Over the next 13 years, I cycled through different doctors and different diagnoses (depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder II), none of which fully explained my struggles. I had never seen myself reflected in conversations about ADHD, and I dismissed the idea.
Celebrate World Bipolar Day: Breaking Barriers and Building Awareness
World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
MARCH 7, 2024
This initiative was born out of a council meeting of the Asian Network of Bipolar Disorder (ANBD) in 2013, at which Prof. Pichet Udomratn proposed a date to bring worldwide attention to bipolar disorder. To register your activities and share event details, please visit: [link]. Together, we can make a difference.
Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations
Mad in America
JULY 19, 2024
I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998. Around the 2016 hospitalization my diagnosis was elevated to schizoaffective disorder and I was placed on everyday Zyprexa. It is instead: “How can we control ourselves, such that captivity is no longer necessary?” After 2016, my need for hospitalization declined.
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On Psychotherapeutic Literacy
Mad in America
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Back then, during my hospitalization at the eating disorder clinic, borderline personality disorder was one of those common diagnoses. Later, bipolar disorder took its place. And if we accept the point of view that all of us are lovable, can we heal everything?
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Irrational Polypharmacy: How Integrated Mental Health Treatment Can Help
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
This includes treatment of negative symptoms of schizophrenia and the depressive phases of bipolar disorder, despite the fact that SSRIs can sometimes trigger manic episodes. C urrently, antidepressants are among the most commonly prescribed drugs for a wide range of diagnoses, not just depression and anxiety.
Antidepressant Use Linked to Sexual Dysfunction, Why Aren’t Prescribers Discussing It?
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Service users were excluded from the present research if they had received a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or delusional disorder. The 900 participants were given a self-response survey about their antidepressant use over the past 12 months.
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What is Psychosis: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Now Psych
MAY 14, 2024
It is characterized by symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, and disordered thinking. Psychosis can occur as a result of various underlying conditions, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and severe depression. The symptoms of psychosis can be distressing and disruptive to an individual’s daily life.
Is Weed a Depressant? Understanding Marijuana’s Effects.
My Psychiatry
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Bipolar Disorder and Marijuana For individuals with bipolar disorder , marijuana presents specific risks. Research suggests heavy or near-daily marijuana use in people with bipolar disorder can worsen manic symptoms and increase the duration of manic episodes.
How to Explain Top Psychiatrists’ “Dr. Strangelove Exuberance” Unchecked by Reality
Mad in America
JUNE 6, 2024
E xuberant individuals who disregard societal consensus reality are routinely diagnosed by psychiatrists with bipolar disorder; however, among psychiatrists themselves, exuberance about psychiatry regardless of the reality of psychiatry’s repeated scientific failures makes one a leading psychiatrist.
Risk for Suicide in Psychiatric Patients
Harmony United Psychiatric Care
OCTOBER 17, 2022
The lifetime risk of suicide in bipolar disorder is 12%. Patients with psychiatric illnesses are at increased risk for suicide. The lifetime risk of suicide in schizophrenia is 0.51%. Suicide is the leading cause of death in individuals with severe mental illness, who account for about 10% of all suicides.
A Felt Sense of Safety – From Disassociation to Embodiment
Mad in America
APRIL 12, 2024
Both were eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder. My other sister eventually became pregnant out of wedlock in college. As my brothers entered high school, they started dabbling with drugs and alcohol. Both got on medication. One brother got off of all of it over the course of 10 years. He was the pioneer in my family.
Schizoaffective Disorder: Understanding the Incidence, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Now Psych
MAY 20, 2024
per cent of the population have schizoaffective disorder: its a lot less common than either major depression or bipolar disorder. Individuals with schizophrenia may have an increased risk for first-degree relatives for schizoaffective disorder, and vice-versa.
When the Help Becomes Part of the Problem
Mad in America
MAY 10, 2024
I roomed with a Portuguese woman who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. They put me in a wheelchair, although the only damaged part of me at the moment couldn’t be physically touched. I was then sent upstairs to the inpatient unit. The staff believed she was going through a manic episode.
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I Am Looking for People I Miss
Mad in America
JANUARY 21, 2025
No one has the same bipolar disorder. I cant give a medical opinion but I can teach her how to navigate the psychiatric domain, how to liberate oneself in the environment where we are just numbers, to be fed by what was found based on some statistics. We are all separate human beings. Each individual is unique.
The Challenge of Presenting Antidepressant Risks and Benefits
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The clinician might regard some treatment options as ill-suited to that particular patient: ketamine, for example, in a patient with bipolar disorder (because research has only just recently been expanded to include bipolar depression).
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Who Do We Leave Behind When We Ignore the Body? Why Critical Neuroscientists and Mad Activists Must Work Together
Mad in America
MAY 2, 2024
A recent Neuroscience News article is titled “ Bipolar disorder can be detected with blood test. ” 1 This is one of many recent, oversimplified headlines that encourage us to think we are on the brink of discovering the next biomarker that will scientifically validate biomedical psychiatric disorders.
Iatrogenic Practices in Psychiatry: Kindling
Mad in America
JULY 6, 2024
To clarify this concept better, “psychosis”, “depression”, “anxiety”, “bipolar disorder”, “ADHD” and more are not disorders of organic or genetic origin, caused by “imbalances” in brain chemicals, and psychotropic drugs do not have the function of restoring any balance.
Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All
Mad in America
JANUARY 4, 2025
As our society embraced the use of SSRI antidepressants, disability due to affective disorders dramatically increased. One reason for this was that SSRIs were found to increase the risk that a person with unipolar depression would suffer a manic episode and be diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a diagnosis with a much less favorable prognosis.
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2026 ISIPT Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
International Society for Interpersonal Psychother
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Eligibility to participate in Special Interest Groups focused on IPT for adolescents, bipolar disorder, perinatal depression, and PTSD 5. Inclusion on the ISIPT websites searchable list of certified therapists, supervisors, and trainers (names that do not renew will be removed) 4. Discounted fees to the ISIPT biennial conference 6.
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