The latest in my series on "Up" ...
With your help, we have been exploring psychiatry’s dirty dark secret - dysphoric and dark mania and hypomania in bipolar, loosely described as agitated or morbid states of intense psychic distress. Hagop Akiskal of UCSD and his collaborators around the world have led the way in shining a light on this very common but long-neglected aspect of our illness.
Inevitably (say five seconds into a talk) Dr Akiskal will refer to his hero, Emil Kraepelin....
I just arrived back from Pittsburgh, where every two years the International Conference on Bipolar Disorder is held. This year proved of... Read more »
Hypomania is not all fun and games.While working on technical update to the DSM, Trisha Suppes MD, PhD of the University of Texas Medical... Read more »
Today I’ll address some more of the questions you’ve emailed me. As a reminder, I can only answer general questions, so I need to... Read more »
Two recent shareposts, “The Depression-Mania Two Step” (Part I and Part II ), zeroed in on a crucial fact that tends to be overlooked... Read more »
In my last blog, I related how it helps to be a bit crazy to come up with a visionary idea. We bipolars tend to be blessed with craziness... Read more »
Expert patient John McManamy, who has battled bipolar disorder, is taking his voice to a new level. His informative and provocative book, Living... Read more »
My wife and I have 5 kids in various stages of growth, including a son who’s been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. When it comes to parenting, the... Read more »
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