Most illnesses announce themselves. Severe mental illness can take away the very ability to notice something is wrong—and ...

Mania can feel like genius, like being chosen. That is its most dangerous lie. This is a reckoning with a mind on fire, and ...

When you have bipolar disorder, you may have episodes of depression, mania, or both. Dysphoric mania is when you have symptoms of depression and mania at the same time. It’s sometimes called a "mixed ...

Mania is a condition that produces extremes – mood, energy, activity, and behavior. Your highly elevated mood and activity are noticeable to other people and a switch from your usual demeanor. If your ...

Dysphoric mania is an older term for bipolar disorder with mixed features. Some mental health professionals who treat people using psychoanalysis may still refer to the condition by this term. People ...