SPOKANE, Wash. -- A local woman has turned her 40-year journey with bipolar disorder into a roadmap for teens facing mental health diagnoses. Emalee Gillis, blog editor for the National Alliance on ...

Your diagnosis is not your identity. These stories show how self-understanding and support can shift your sense of self. Dana K. remembers the “aha moment” when her therapist interrupted to correct a ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that is characterized by dramatic mood episodes that include mania or hypomania. These “high” moods alternate with periods of depression. People who ...

On Bipolar Disorder Awareness Day, I reflect on my experiences with this disorder and how I've grown into the person I am thanks to it.

Bipolar disorder is a complex mental health condition characterized by a potential breadth of both manic and depressive symptoms, such as a euphoric mood and decreased need for sleep, shifting to loss ...

“Killing yourself at any age is a seriously tricky business. But when I was seven, the odds felt insurmountable.”—Terri Cheney, The Dark Side of Innocence: Growing Up Bipolar Bipolar disorder, ...