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Is There a Link Between Bipolar Disorder and Lying?

What is bipolar disorder?[man with bipolar mask] People with bipolar disorder may see things differently. Previously known as manic depression, bipolar disorder happens because a faulty brain function causes abrupt changes in mood. Other symptoms include sleep disturbances and some problems with thinking. Unlike the usual mood swings that everyone experiences, the dramatic changes involved […]

Psychosis: Link to brain inflammation antibodies raises new treatment hope

The researchers – led by Belinda R. Lennox, a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom – report their findings in The Lancet Psychiatry. Psychosis is a condition that affects the mind, where there is some loss of contact with reality. Thoughts, feelings, and perceptions are disturbed […]