"Bipolar" Blogs & Blog Posts

“I almost killed my daughter,” Kanye West said on stage, screaming through tears, at a presidential campaign rally in South Carolina in July. Wearing what appeared to be a bulletproof vest, an American flag flimsy on the stage behind him, West to...

Today’s research summary focuses on an article [pdf] that throws some light on the oft debated question of the association between intelligence, creativity and mental illness. It has been hypothesized that various mental illnesses like Bipolar...

I have Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). I am also bipolar. Now which of the above statements shocked/ surprised you more? If I am guessing correctly the latter statement about my being bipolar came across as more of a shock/ surprise/ concern. Now what...

S. Nassir Ghaemi, in his book, A First Rate Madness: Uncovering the links between  Leadership and Mental Illness, makes a case for the fact that while ‘normal’ leaders are good in times of stability and peace; in times of crisis, mentall...

Researchers have discovered a possible link between bipolar disorder and certain blood markers. The UK-based longitudinal study (PDF) started when kids were nine years old, examining if the presence of the infection-fighting interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-r...

Windows/OS X/iOS/Web: Your emotional state can vary throughout the day, and there are certain things that you may not even realize affect your mentality. Optimism keeps track of your mental health and helps you find those emotional triggers.Read more...

When we last left off, I was in Indonesia having just run my first adventure half marathon. Needless to say a lot has happened since then. The best of all being that I have officially made it over a year and four ½ marathons with no more stress frac...