Catch up on the latest news from the BDRN team. You can also read our latest newsletter.
Our recent study examining patterns of genetic risk in bipolar disorder have recently been published in The Lancet Psychiatry. The research involving over 4000 BDRN research participants found that mania, depression and psychosis symptom dimensions have different patterns of genetic risk suggesting partly distinct causes. These findings highlight the importance of distinguishing between these symptom Read More …
We are pleased to report that Dr Jo Johnson’s research has recently been published in the Journal Frontiers in Psychiatry. Jo’s research examined factors that influence how midwives and health visitors make decisions about referring women for secondary mental healthcare during the perinatal period. She found that midwives and health visitors felt that having a trusted relationship Read More …
Aged 18, I was admitted to a psychiatric ward, feeling frightened and confused. The stigma was so great that I felt embarrassed and ashamed. My confidence was broken. I didn’t admit to anyone I had bipolar disorder. Years later, whilst I was recovering again in hospital, the national newspapers reported that Frank Bruno was fighting his own battles with Read More …
We have recently had a paper accepted in the Journal of Affective Disorders, examining whether personality traits typically associated with Borderline Personality Disorder, are related to the occurrence of postpartum mood episodes in women with bipolar disorder. We found that compared to women without a history of postpartum mood episodes, those who score higher on Read More …
We have recently had a paper accepted in the Journal of Affective Disorders on user perspectives of long-term remote mood monitoring. An online survey was sent to BDRN participants using our True Colours mood-monitoring system asking about their experiences of using True Colours, including viewing mood graphs, and sharing data with healthcare professionals and friends and family. The Read More …
We have recently shared some of our latest findings in our BDRN e-newsletter- thank you thank everyone who has contributed to our BDRN research over the years. If you are a BDRN participant who hasn’t recently received your BDRN e-newsletter please email us at moodresearch@worc.ac.uk so that we have your up-to-date email address to send your newsletter.
We are so delighted for our BDRN research champion Julia Savage in achieving her dream of meeting Frank Bruno and having the opportunity to thank him for shattering the stigma of bipolar disorder for her. We would like to say a big thank you to Julia for her continued support of our BDRN research.
Congratulations to BDRN students Dr Amy Perry, Dr Jo Johnson and Dr Emma Tickle who graduated at a wonderful ceremony in Worcester Cathedral last week. A big congratulations also to Dr Gemma Marshall who graduated in absentia. All of us at BDRN are so proud of you all. A special thank you as always to Read More …
BDRN members were delighted to attend and present at the International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health Conference 2022 held in London (and virtually) and co-chaired by BDRN’s Professor Ian Jones. Attending the conference was a wonderful opportunity to both learn more about perinatal mental health research from so many countries around the world and Read More …
We are delighted that Emma Tickle has successfully completed her PhD at the University of Worcester. Emma’s PhD explored the relationship between borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder and a number of BDRN participants kindly contributed to Emma’s research. Emma is now working at the University of Worcester as an associate lecturer and will be writing Read More …
