Spring can bring more energy, motivation, and — if you have bipolar disorder — an increased risk of mania. Here’s how to ...

The sample of 131 patients included 76 (58%) males. The age range was 16–79 years with a mean age of 44.05 years (SD = 15.6). Examination of communalities showed all variables were within the accepted ...

It’s easy to recognize depression – at least the kind we associate with slumped shoulders, feeling dead inside and crying. Depression shows on our faces like a book cover. But mania! Oh, mania! It can ...

The terms "mania" and "manic episode" are characterized by high energy, excitement, euphoria, or irritability over at least a week. Feelings of depression can follow a manic episode, but not always.

Background The major diagnostic classifications consider mania as a uni-dimensional illness. Factor analytic studies of acute mania are fewer compared to schizophrenia and depression. Evidence from ...