Bipolar Awareness Day

 

Bipolar UK logoIn recognition of Bipolar Awareness Day (4th October) and Mental Health Day (10th October), Professor Lisa Jones and Dr Katherine Gordon-Smith, led a session for members of the public entitled ‘Understanding Bipolar Disorder’ at The Hive in Worcester – Europe’s first joint university and public library.

The national charity organisation Bipolar UK also launched a campaign for Bipolar Awareness Day (4th October) to highlight the need for increased investment in funding for research into bipolar disorder and have set up a petition which will be delivered to Jeremy Hunt at the Department of Health. You can sign the petition and show your support for the campaign here: https://www.bipolaruk.org/bipolar-awareness-day