Mania has been characterized as a disorder of abnormal goal pursuit regulation with elevated levels of achievement motivation and drive. Patients with bipolar mania tend toward high goal setting ...

Treatment for bipolar depression has come a long way from the days (not so long ago) when patients were given sedatives and medications with numerous side effects. Today, mood stabilizing drugs ...

The rigorous peer-reviewed study, published in Brain Medicine, examined 75 stable outpatients with SSDs, revealing that more than one in four patients (26.7%) exhibited distinct manic symptoms, a ...

Patients say prednisone caused manic episodes, nonstop crying, and trips to the psychiatric ER. Samantha Reid, a director of digital engagement at a policy institute in Washington, ...

The rigorous peer-reviewed study, published in Brain Medicine, examined 75 stable outpatients with SSDs, revealing that more than one in four patients (26.7%) exhibited distinct manic symptoms, a ...

In 19th-century U.K. and Europe, psychiatric patients suffering from "mania" were put in a large, circulating swing as a method for calming them down.

In the manic phase of bipolar disorder, patients may engage in risky activities, such as fast driving or certain risky sports. They should be monitored and prevented from taking chances, ...

A total of 96 patients were included, of whom 9 had catatonic schizophrenia, 11 paranoid schizophrenia, 55 manic-depressive psychosis (13 manic and 42 depressive), and 21 involutional melancholia.

Mania was associated with reduced dopamine transporter density levels among those with bipolar disorder, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry. Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, head of the department of ...

Most psychiatrists easily recognize the euphoric manic patient. However, several recent studies have established that nearly 50% of all manic patients have dysphoric or mixed mania at some time ...

Those patients who have only recently developed mania, however, are advised to first try anti-psychotic treatments. Prof Young believes lithium should be offered earlier to all bipolar patients.