Objectives To describe the incidence, presentation and long-term health outcomes of suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STBs) in children aged 12 years or under. Methods This population-based study ...

Bipolar disorder can feel like a storm that erupts from nowhere, yet for decades the brain circuitry driving those brutal ...

Rates of bipolar disorder diagnoses have been rising for decades, causing concern among experts that the condition is ...

Abstract: Mood disorders, including unipolar depression (UD) and bipolar disorder (BD) [1] , are reported to be one of the most common mental illnesses in recent years. In diagnostic evaluation on the ...

Background: Diagnosing bipolar disorder poses a challenge in clinical practice and demands a substantial time investment. With the growing utilization of artificial intelligence in mental health, ...

Autoimmune diseases, especially in women, are associated with nearly a two-fold increased risk for affective disorders, new research showed. An analysis of 1.5 million adults showed that the lifetime ...

People living with an autoimmune disease are nearly twice as likely to suffer from mood problems like depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder, a new large-scale study says. The risk of mood disorders ...

In a comprehensive Genomic Press Thought Leaders Invited Review, researchers have synthesized findings from dozens of studies examining how genetic markers for mood disorders influence treatment ...

1 Mental Health Centre “Prof. N. Shipkovenski”, Sofia, Bulgaria. 2 Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. The classification of depressive ...

Cannabis sativa, the marijuana plant, contains hundreds of psychoactive substances whose effects vary widely. The two main psychoactive cannabis compounds (cannabinoids) are ...

Objectives To analyse the differences between nurses with and without substance use disorders (SUDs) admitted to a specialised mental health programme. Design Retrospective, observational study.

A brain rhythm working in tandem with the body's natural sleep-wake cycle may explain why bipolar patients alternate between mania and depression, according to new research. A new study marks a ...