June 21, 2005 (Pittsburgh) — Patients with bipolar disorder vary by subtype regarding the choices they make to cope with the prodrome of mania, according to a team of Canadian investigators whose ...

Recognizing and Treating Prodrome in Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is a chronic, episodic, progressive illness. Each episode substantially increases the risk that another will occur and will be ...

"In general, we found that most factors do not predict the age of onset or the duration of the prodrome. It is as if the illness has its own agenda and will manifest regardless of any factors…It is ...

When bipolar disorder is left untreated, the severity and duration of manic episodes increases. This is true with most illnesses, physical and mental. It is important for patients to consider this as ...