The classic poem “Desiderata” says that if you compare yourself to others you will either become vain or bitter. I don’t worry about becoming vain—as my self-esteem is still beneath sea level. But bitterness? That one had a hold of me last weekend. I reached out to a guy with whom I was in regular...

The biggest challenge professionals face in treating bipolar disorder is medical adherence, according to Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a co-director of the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center. At the Johns Hopkins 21st Annual Mood Disorders/Education Symposium, she discussed the problem of bipolar patients not...