Living with bipolar disorder and racial bias, I’ve learned to find strength and healing in the labels I choose — and reject ...

Your diagnosis is not your identity. These stories show how self-understanding and support can shift your sense of self. Dana ...

No matter what you're going through in life—or even if you're just looking for a life-changing book to read—we could all use ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we’re sharing an excerpt from ‘Bipolar: A Gift of Thorns’ by Santa Barbara author ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition involving alternating periods of depression, mania, or hypomania. There are a few different types, each involving different cycles of symptoms.

Santa Barbara author Dale Zurawski — one of a dozen authors featured at the April 27 Carpinteria Festival of Books — released ...

Lithium side effects may include diarrhea, rash, hair thinning, weight gain, and more. Lithium is a mood stabilizer used to treat bipolar disorder, a condition that involves episodes of depression, ...

The Sun City Spanish Club’s Teachers Appreciation luncheon was recently held at the Fairway Recreation Center. Among those recognized were Lidwina Erickson (Level 1 Spanish), Sharon Freeman … ...

Introduction First line pharmacological treatments for bipolar disorder (BD) can leave shortfalls in recovery leading to patients seeking alternative and adjunctive treatments such as nutraceuticals.

But it wasn’t until I got clean and sober at the age of 30 that I finally received an official diagnosis: bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. That moment, though painful, was a turning ...

Hirosue has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings, and hyperthyroidism, and will focus on her recovery. According to her official website, she ...

Bipolar disorder is deeply personal to me ... but as author Terri Cheney writes in her book: The Dark Side of Innocence: Growing Up Bipolar: “Trust is as fragile as fairies’ wings and almost ...