Jump To: Episode Featured Guest Share About the Host March 30 is World Bipolar Day, and NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. is chatting with speaker Gabe Howard, who hosts the podcasts “Inside Mental Health” and “Inside Bipolar,” about living a full life ...
Due to a high rate of mental illness found among the college population, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill urges parents to talk to their children about mental illness before college and maintain an open dialogue throughout young adulthood.
Schizoaffective disorder involves symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations or delusions, and symptoms of a mood disorder, such as depressive or manic episodes.
When one suffers, we all suffer. We’re all in this together and it’s my desire to smash the stigma associated with mental illnesses of all kinds.
Important Things to Know if Someone You Love has Bipolar Disorder About three million Americans live with some form of bipolar disorder. Here are some facts that you may find helpful. There are two primary types of bipolar disorder. Bipolar I is diagnosed when a person...
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder by four psychiatrists in college. My thoughts slowed, I could finally sleep, the depression kind of lifted.
In her debut novel, Juliann Garey offers up a moving story with details drawn from her own experience with bipolar disorder.
It wasn’t until I was 24 years old and in early recovery from addiction, that I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It took me a long time to accept the fact that I had this diagnosis.
Every day was a struggle to get out of bed and go to school. I didn’t feel like doing anything anymore and lost interest in everything I loved to do. I eventually found a psychiatrist who diagnosed me with bipolar disorder.
I am a psychiatric nurse. I work with patients every day who are in the hospital with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, borderline personality disorder, among other conditions. I do my best to help them put the pieces back together, so they can go home to their f...
I can’t believe I ever wanted to die. Sometimes it’s hard to remember what it felt like to be so hopeless that I was willing to end my own life. The saying “suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem” is so true. Just because one day, one week, even one year or ...
As someone who is living with mental illness, I am passionate about using my life for good. This is an ‘off-the-cuff’ account of my own journey with bipolar.
Thursday, November 16, 2023, 4:00pm - 5:30 PM Eastern Time During this webinar, Dr. Andrew Nierenberg of Massachusetts General Hospital will give an overview of the most up-to-date research and current data available on the long-term course of Bipolar Depression and its tr...
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 15. No one in my family had ever heard of this illness.
A Caregiver’s Struggle to Find Help and Hope From navigating the challenges of the mental health system to becoming an advocate, Lynne Malloy shares her struggles and successes as a caregiver for a loved one who lives with bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.
The survey sought to better understand the impact of mood disorders, which include common mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and other kinds of depression. Our survey found that Hispanic and Asian American individuals are facing more signific...
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I am 60 years old and was just recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Today I am going to my first NAMI support group. I feel hope.