I focus on good advice for bipolar disorder here, but whoah boy, have I also received some of the worst advice for bipolar disorder you can imagine. This advice has come from loved ones, natural medicine practitioners, and even a psychiatrist. However, just because the advice comes from someone you ...
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a mental health condition characterized by extreme mood swings, including periods of mania and depression. It's estimated that around 2.8% of the adult population in the United States has bipolar disorder. While the condition can be challenging to live with, many successful ...
Pune India, Jan. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The market has been studied for the below mentioned-segmentation and regional analysis for North America, Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East and Africa. These are the key regions where the bipolar disorder market is operating and is predicted to expand ...
Mental illness self-stigma is essential to recognize. Stigma is a very popular word in mental health advocacy circles. People talk nonstop about the effects of stigma, stigma, stigma. However, self-stigma gets somewhat less press. I don’t know if that’s because it’s people with mental illness talking to other people with ...
Introduction Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic mental illness that impacts 1–2% of the population worldwide.1 It causes high rates of functional impairment,2 poor quality of life, and has substantial economic effects.3 BD is characterized by episodes of depression and hypomania or mania, as well as subsyndromal symptoms that do ...
Recently, Psychiatric Times did a comprehensive piece on new or unusual bipolar depression treatments, treatments that may be an option for treatment-resistant bipolar depression. They are thinking outside the standard bipolar depression treatments. This is critical because many people just aren’t being helped or aren’t being helped enough by standard ...
I never stop crying. I can understand why you might think this isn’t true. After all, my cheeks are dry right now. But, believe me, I never stop crying, whether it’s external or suppressed enough to be internal. I have found depression can be like that. No matter what is ...
Recently, I wrote on Instagram about how when you compare yourself to others, you lose. I quoted Theodore Roosevelt, who said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” I consider this to be true, but it doesn’t mean I don’t fall into the trap of comparing myself to others. Comparison is ...
Gregg F. Martin, Major General, US Army (Retired)This is the first of a six-part series written by retired 2-star general Gregg Martin.I am a 65-year-old husband, father, grandfather, combat veteran and a proud, thankful bipolar survivor, thriver and warrior.A qualified Airborne-Ranger-Engineer and strategist, I commanded soldiers in combat, and served globally after my West Point ...
Image credit: Brett Jordan/Unsplash This post is sponsored by SheMedia and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. I have been compensated for my time, but the experiences and opinions expressed here are my own. Finding the right mental health app in a sea of 10,000 estimated health and wellness apps available (yes, ...
