by Mental Health Rehabs Editorial Team | May 27, 2025 | Bipolar Disorders, Depression
If you’ve recently been prescribed Vraylar (cariprazine) for schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder, or as an add-on treatment for major depressive disorder, it’s natural to feel uncertain about what to expect. This medication, while effective for many, can come with side...
by Mental Health Rehabs Editorial Team | Oct 20, 2023 | Bipolar Disorders
There are a lot of words a person could use to describe bipolar disorder — and ‘predictable’ isn’t one of them. A disorder characterized by vacillations between episodes of high energy (mania) and depression, it’s impossible to know exactly when these episodes...
by Mental Health Rehabs Editorial Team | Jun 17, 2022 | Bipolar Disorders, Treatment
If you’re familiar with what bipolar disorder is–a mental illness that causes extreme mood swings that cycle between dramatic highs and lows which can result in sudden and extreme changes in behavior, mood, cognitive ability, energy levels, and more–it...
by Mental Health Rehabs Editorial Team | Apr 19, 2022 | Bipolar Disorders
Bipolar disorder is a mental illness estimated to affect 4.4% of Americans. Unfortunately, this serious mental illness is one shrouded with misconceptions that have resulted in harmful stigmas that have been difficult to shake. One of the best ways to reduce the...
by Tyler Fordham | Jan 21, 2022 | Bipolar Disorders
Are you born with bipolar disorder or is it a mental illness that occurs when something happens to you? Science tells us that it’s a little bit of both. Your genes, the cell-building codes inherited from your parents, can lay the neurobiological groundwork that causes...
by Tyler Fordham | Jan 14, 2022 | Bipolar Disorders
Bipolar disorder affects about 5.7 million Americans (approximately 2.6%) at an equal rate for both men and women. One disparity, however, is how this disorder manifests itself in the different genders. Bipolar disorder symptoms in females can be vastly different from...
