Select Writings on Bipolar Disorder

Last week, I was invited to speak to around 100 mental health professionals (and some non-professionals, also) in Nigeria, as part of the Gracehill Hospital and Partners Quarterly Virtual Lecture Series. Translating my enthusiasm for—let’s be honest, expensive—hard-to-globally-scale 3-Tesla medical-imaging-innovations to an audience in the global south…

Bipolar disorder is a challenging illness. It used to be called manic depressive disorder, and it has one of the best textbooks ever published in the discipline of psychiatry.

The Frontier Psychiatrists is a daily health-themed newsletter. My dear friend Courtny —who recently penned an awesome guest post— reminded me that Fall is here. And with it, seasonal changes in mood for those with Bipolar Disorder. I’ve written about having bipolar disorder before,

I have to admit, spending any time with the news is difficult. A lot of dreadfully stressful things are happening in the world right now, and this article is quite mindful and not talking about those events. Most people can decompress with celebrity gossip. Not this guy. As my readers might recall, I am a physician, and I have bipolar disorder.

The Frontier Psychiatrists is this very newsletter. Today, how I think about bipolar disorder. I’ve written about my personal experience with this illness more than once. It’s not a secret. I’ve done podcast versions! We (with @Psych Fox and Carlene MacMillan, MD

Welcome to The Frontier Psychiatrists! It’s a daily health-themed newsletter. March 30th is World Bipolar Day. Thus, some on-theme content for my dear readers. It’s also, for the curious, Doctor’s Day, and, with grim irony, The Grass is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day.

I don't drink. I don't smoke. I use drugs. I never have. I also have bipolar disorder. These decisions about life are related. The fact that I enjoy, in theory, being correct is tempered by the grim reality for so many people who are not me. Alcohol is dumpster-fire lighting life choice for those with bipolar disorder. Welcome to

The Frontier Psychiatrists is a health-themed newsletter. This article is both scientific and personal. It’s about circadian rhythms and whatever bipolar disorder turns out to be. I will use Manic-Depressive Illness and Bipolar Disorder interchangeably in this writing… please consider subscribing! I am trying to stick the landing with a resource se…