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 …

Members of the BDRN team had an enjoyable evening holding a display at Science Night at the Hive library in Worcester. The popular annual event for families and adults featured hands-on interactive displays and free science talks. We were delighted with the numbers of children who joined in with our activities drawing pictures of what Read More …

BDRN’s Professor Ian Jones has written a blog for The Conversation about his diagnosis on the state of maternal mental healthcare in the UK. You can read Ian’s blog here: https://theconversation.com/delivering-better-maternal-mental-health-care-a-diagnosis-73557

Professor Lisa Jones was delighted to speak about bipolar disorder and our BDRN research at the University of York on 20th February 2017.  The event was in Mental Illness Awareness Week, part of the Mind Your Head York campaign: http://www.mindyourheadyork.org/ The aim of Mind Your Head York is to promote knowledge and understanding of mental Read More …

A few months ago we introduced you to Francesca Serra who was visiting BDRN as part of her PhD studies at the University of Padua in Italy.  Francesca has now returned to Italy to complete the final stage of her PhD.  We were all very sad to say goodbye to Francesca, but our research collaboration Read More …

Two fully-funded PhD studentships are available in collaboration with BDRN.  Both studentships are full-time at the University of Worcester starting in October 2017. Closing date for applications is Monday 5th June 2017. Please click on each of the links for further information:   PhD Studentship: Exploring borderline personality disorder diagnosis in bipolar disorder http://www.worc.ac.uk/documents/Studentship_Advert_-_Lisa_Jones.pdf   Read More …

BDRN’s Professor Ian Jones was recently interviewed by Jenni Murray on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and Professor Lisa Jones was interviewed for Free Radio about the relationship between the menopause and postpartum psychosis. BDRN recently presented some new research at the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference in Amsterdam to show that women who experience Read More …