Dr. John Kelsoe has spent his career trying to identify the biological roots of bipolar disorder. In December, he announced he had discovered several gene mutations closely tied to the disease, also ...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge said that biomarkers in a blood test can be used to better diagnose bipolar disorder. Photo by Belova59/Pixabay Oct. 25 (UPI) --Researchers at the ...

SAN DIEGO -- Dr. John Kelsoe has spent his career trying to identify the biological roots of bipolar disorder. In December, he announced he had discovered several gene mutations closely tied to the ...

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine are one step closer to an objective clinical blood test for mood disorders. A robust new study is describing the development of a panel of ...

SYNLAB and ALCEDIAG recently launched the first blood test to assist in mental health diagnosis in France. The test is aimed at differentiating bipolar disorders from depression. The news may be ...

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A blood test could be used to diagnose and assess the severity of certain mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, according to a new study. But some experts think this raises ethical concerns ...

Everyone experiences ups and downs in life, but the emotional highs and lows of bipolar disorder are different. Unlike ordinary changes in mood, bipolar episodes are more extreme and may persist for ...

Oct. 25 (UPI) --Researchers at the University of Cambridge said Wednesday they have developed a way to use biomarkers in a blood test to more accurately diagnose bipolar disorder. Details of the ...

SAN DIEGO In December, he announced he had discovered several gene mutations closely tied to the disease, also known as manic depression. Then Kelsoe, a prominent psychiatric geneticist at the ...

A blood test that measures biomarkers linked to manic symptoms can accurately identify patients with bipolar disorder (BD) who were previously misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD), new ...

Researchers have developed a new way of improving diagnosis of bipolar disorder that uses a simple blood test to identify biomarkers associated with the condition. The researchers, from the University ...