Living Well with Bipolar Disorder: Creative Expressions

Join the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program and Gesher Human Services for an evening presentation and panel discussion about creative expressions and wellness.
New "Ask the Doctor" column written by Dr. Melvin McInnis for bpHope

What to Do About Low Moods Between Bipolar Episodes
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New Paper Published Exploring Childhood Trauma and Depressive Symptoms in Bipolar Disorder

International collaborators of the Prechter Program at Deakin University in Australia discuss new research.
Prechter Program Paper Selected as Runner-Up for the 2021 Best Paper Award

Prechter Program paper, "Improving Cross-Corpus Speech Emotion Recognition with Adversarial Discriminative Domain Generalization (ADDoG)," selected as the runner-up for the 2021 Best Paper Award
New Research from the Prechter Program: Exposure to SARS-CoV-2, Acute Kidney Injury, and Lithium Toxicity

Instances of lithium toxicity found among individuals with bipolar disorder who were diagnosed with COVID-19.
Bipolar, COVID-19 & Protecting Against Suicide

In these turbulent times, the risk of suicide is amplified. Here’s how to keep yourself and loved ones safe from this very real, but preventable, threat.
The Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program - Our Work

Our Vision: Personalized, evidence-based treatment of bipolar disorder will prevent recurrences, so that every individual with bipolar disorder may lead a healthy and productive life.
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May 25, 2023

Dr. Kelly Ryan Featured in New Article Looking at ADHD and Bipolar Disorder

A recent article from Mental , "Is it ADHD? Or Bipolar? Could It Be Both? What. Is. Going. On." explores the overlap of the two conditions. Dr. Kelly Ryan of the Prechter Program weighs in.

May 18, 2023

Living Well with Bipolar Disorder featured on Michigan Medicine Health Lab Blog

Sarah Sperry, Ph.D., expands on how we look at wellness: "Health is more than the absence of disease"

May 10, 2023

New "Ask the Doctor" column written by Dr. Melvin McInnis for bpHope

What to Do About Low Moods Between Bipolar Episodes

May 8, 2023

New Study: Examining Interpersonal Trauma and Depression Severity in Bipolar Disorder

Collaborators at Deakin University in Australia used data from the Prechter Longitudinal Study of Bipolar Disorder to examine the experiences of interpersonal trauma and its affects on the trajectory of bipolar disorder.

May 5, 2023