For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic ...

Researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have, for the first time, identified the specific genetic ...

Researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have, for the first time, identified the specific genetic blueprint of mania, the defining feature of bipolar disorder. Bipolar ...

Bipolar disorder is characterized by bouts of extreme mood, with episodes of mania occurring alongside periods of depression.

Bipolar disorder is a long-term mood disorder characterized by major fluctuations in mood — both high and low — that can impact daily functioning and behavior. Although bipolar disorder is a chronic ...

Mood disorders include depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. These types of psychiatric disorders affect a person’s emotions and may cause severe lows, called depression, and highs, called mania ...

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 ...

Genetic mapping reveals mania drives most inherited risk in bipolar disorder, identifying new gene regions and calcium channel pathways.