Category: News

Members of the BDRN team were pleased to present at the 23rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) 13-15th May 2021.  BDRN members Dr Katherine Gordon-Smith and Dr Katie Swaden Lewis, along with Dr Kate Saunders from the University of Oxford, all gave presentations during a symposium session titled Longitudinal Remote Mood Monitoring for Research Read More …

Emma Tickle, BDRN PhD student at the University of Worcester, has won a best poster award at the 23rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD).  On announcing the awards on 14th May 2021, Professor Gin Malhi, President of ISBD, said that best poster awards recognised “outstanding up and coming researchers” from across the world Read More …

A recent study published in the journal Nature Genetics has brought the Bipolar Workgroup of the international Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC), of which BDRN is a key member, one step closer to understanding the neurobiology of bipolar disorder. We are striving to better understand the genetics behind bipolar disorder. Together we studied over 7.5 million common variations Read More …

Major depressive disorder and migraine are both more common among women than men with women’s reproductive years being associated with increased susceptibility to both conditions. We have recently had a paper accepted in the Archives of Women’s Mental Health reporting the findings of a study examining associations between migraine and clinical features of depression in Read More …

Today on World Bipolar Day, the BDRN team is thinking of all of those individuals throughout the world living with bipolar disorder. We have put together this short video to say a special thank you to every single one of our BDRN participants who have kindly contributed to our research over the years- without your Read More …

It is now almost a year since restrictions came into place in the UK to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been a difficult time for everyone and in particular for many individuals with mood disorders and their families. Over the next few weeks we will be asking BDRN participants if they would be willing Read More …

Bipolar UK (the UK’s leading national patient support charity for individuals and their families affected by bipolar disorder) will be hosting a free virtual conference on Tuesday 30th March 2021 (World Bipolar Day). The event, which will be running from 1:00-4:30pm, is open to everyone and will feature a range of fantastic talks relating to Read More …

To help many more women with a severe mental illness gain helpful advice and support when planning a pregnancy, the leading UK pregnancy charity Tommy’s has partnered with NHS England, Public Health England and King’s College London to develop a range of new information resources. These include a new online information and support hub for Read More …

As we move into 2021, we would like to wish all our participants the very best for the year ahead. Undoubtedly, the beginning of this year has not been the start we had all hoped for and our thoughts are with everyone during this particularly challenging time. We would like to take the opportunity to Read More …

We have recently had a paper accepted in the Journal of Affective Disorders reporting the findings of a unique study. Using our online mood monitoring tool, True Colours, we explored the topics of personalised questions that our participants chose to ask themselves in relation to monitoring their bipolar disorder. Our findings revealed the questions fell Read More …