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In early March Professor Lisa Jones and Dr Katherine Gordon-Smith presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders in Mexico City. The conference provided the opportunity for both clinicians and researchers from across the world to present and discuss the latest leading research findings and treatment approaches in the field Read More …
Members of BDRN (Professor Lisa Jones, Professor Ian Jones, Dr Katherine Gordon-Smith and Amy Perry) were delighted to be invited to give a series of presentations about the ongoing work of BDRN to staff and students at Worcestershire Heath and Care NHS Trust. They were joined by Professor Eleanor Bradley, Director of Research in the Read More …
We are delighted that several BBC radio stations in the West Midlands recently helped to raise awareness about bipolar disorder by covering the topic live on air. These included BBC Hereford and Worcester and BBC Shropshire. The story was also covered on BBC Midlands Today breakfast television programme. We are especially Read More …
We were delighted to give a public lecture at the Hereford University Centre this week. The lecture was very well attended with over 100 attendees and was a great opportunity for Professor Lisa Jones to showcase the important work of BDRN and increase public knowledge of bipolar disorder. We are extremely grateful to Mike Spiers, Read More …
We are delighted that BBC Hereford and Worcester recently helped to raise awareness about postpartum psychosis by covering the topic live on air. We are grateful to Hannah Bissett of Action on Postpartum Psychosis (www.app-network.org) for discussing her own lived experience of postpartum psychosis. You can hear Hannah’s interview here: https://audioboom.com/posts/6274264-postpartum-psychosis You can listen to Read More …
Last month members of the BDRN team entered photographs portraying our wider ongoing BDRN research into the annual University of Worcester Images of Research Exhibition. All of the entries were exhibited at The Hive public library in Worcester to showcase and celebrate current research being carried out at the University and to bring research to Read More …
BDRN’s Professor Lisa Jones was delighted to have the opportunity to speak to service users, carers and staff of South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust at their Coffee Morning to Celebrate Research in May. South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust continues to be a great supporter of BDRN and many service users from Read More …
By Michael Spiers I am a lifelong sufferer of bipolar disorder. I was formally diagnosed in 1999, though I recall my first episodes, undiagnosed, occurring as far back as the mid 1970s, with triggers such as being sacked from a job and the breakdown of a relationship. Over the course of many years I realised Read More …
Hello, my name is Gemma McCullough and I am a PhD student at The University of Worcester, working with BDRN. I will be exploring relationships between physical activity and mood symptoms in bipolar disorder. Little is known about this complex relatioship, and understanding more about it could provide valuable information about the underlying causes of Read More …
Every year World Bipolar Day is celebrated on the 30th March, the birthday of Vincent Van Gogh famously believed to have bipolar disorder. The vision of the day is to raise global awareness of the disorder and reduce stigma. To mark this day we are saying a special thank you to the 1000 BDRN participants Read More …
