Bipolar disorder is a complex psychiatric disorder, characterized by fluctuations between episodes of (hypo)mania and depression. It is estimated to affect around 40 to 50 million people worldwide.

The study, "Rethinking the connection between bipolar disorder and epilepsy from genetic perspectives," published in Genomic Psychiatry on September 30, 2024, reveals shared genetic variants and a ...

Experts do not know precisely what causes bipolar disorder, but if a person has a sibling or parent with this condition, they are more likely to have it. According to the National Institute of Mental ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, reveal today in Nature Genetics associations between bipolar disorder and rare loss-of-function variants in two genes. Bipolar disorder is ...

A research team in Carnegie Mellon University's Ray and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department is working to better understand the role that genetic on and off switches play in activating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Recent breakthroughs in genetics research may have uncovered new genes underlying common psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia and ...

A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered compelling evidence of a genetic link between bipolar disorder type I (BD-I) and epilepsy, potentially revolutionizing our ...

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 ...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) has been controversial since it was first recognized in the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" in 1980. One controversy that still has not ...

Genomic analysis of specific and shared causal variants between bipolar disorder I (BD-I) and epilepsy. (A) Venn plot shows the number of specific and shared causal variants between BD-I and epilepsy.