Grandiosity, entitlement, and self-focus can appear in both bipolar and narcissistic personality disorders, but the timing and pattern of symptoms are key. Key Takeaways When someone you care about ...

The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has a history of commenting on mental illness through his art. On a 2018 album cover, West included a telling quote: “I hate being Bi-Polar it’s awesome.” ...

An expert perspective — grounded in clinical knowledge and lived experience with bipolar — clears up the confusion. Key Takeaways Trigger warning: this article contains a clinical discussion of ...

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a chronically recurring condition involving moods that swing between the highs of mania and the lows of depression. Depression is by far the most ...

Bipolar disorder (once known as manic depression or manic-depressive disorder) causes serious shifts in mood, energy, thinking, and behaviour, from the highs of mania on one extreme, to the lows of ...

Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric disorder characterized by alternating episodes of depression (i.e., low mood and a loss of interest in everyday activities) and mania (i.e., a state in which arousal ...