Maurice Benard revealed his vulnerability while maintaining his threat. His bipolar disorder became integral to the story, rather than a mere footnote, and that added genuine depth to his character.

On today's show, actor Maurice Benard from General Hospital shares his personal experience with Bipolar Disorder, while Dr. John Grienenberger, Ph.D., from PCH Treatment Center shares information on ...

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 work ...

In addition, she experienced hypomania — a condition marked by elevated mood, increased energy and activity — and suspected she had bipolar disorder. Tracy’s self-diagnosis was correct ...

The comedian talks about living with bipolar disorder and the evolution of medication in this exclusive look at their new comedy special '4Pills' Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Research is ongoing to better predict manic and depressive episodes in bipolar disorder to help support treatment. Learn more about some of the most common methods and tools. Bipolar disorder is a ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have identified associations between bipolar disorder and rare loss-of-function variants in two genes. Bipolar disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings ...

The two most common mood disorders are major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. Major depressive disorder is characterised by a persistent and pervasive sadness of mood, anhedonia ...

Danny Evans (left) lives with bipolar disorder and is a presenter in the “In Our Own Voice” program with the Minnesota chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). He poses for a ...

Comedian Cameron Esposito delivers a sharply funny take on bipolar disorder in their new special 4Pills, premiering April 11 on Dropout TV Esposito opens up to PEOPLE about how they ended up getting ...