SAVE THE DATE: Putting Patients First 2024 takes place on November 13!

This annual conference will advance learning communities to improve BC’s health system. Join us in Vancouver, BC, free of charge. #PPF24

Learn more: bit.ly/4bfAu2f

We know little about how psilocybin & #bipolardisorder medications interact due to decades of research prohibitions. The culture of information sharing in online 🍄 communities can help us catch up. I supported an analysis of Reddit posts by TrPR Program @ UCSF pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38687360/

For #GBAPlus Awareness Week, we're sharing an educational video with Dr. Dr. Liisa Galea.

What is sex and gender-based analysis? Why does it matter in health research? How can it help us understand the experiences of diverse communities?

Watch: bit.ly/3yjz4F7

📢🔥hot off the press - the 2023 Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments depression treatment guidelines are now available. It was my honour to contribute to updating guidelines on the role of digital mental health interventions. Kudos to Raymond Lam and the co-author team CREST.BD

GO TEAM! We couldn't do world-class research without our wonderful research coordinators! The CAN-BIND Program UBC Department of Psychiatry Mood Disorders UBC
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thank you Sara Schley for making these copies available to some of our CREST.BD community! International Bipolar Foundation DBSA Bipolar UK The Spectrum Centre NAMI ISBD Hope + Me Daymark Foundation World Bipolar Day

Publication alert! ✨ Dr. John-Jose Nunez John-Jose Nunez and team have developed an AI model that can predict with >70% accuracy whether a patient will require mental health care within a year.
📖 Read more: go.nature.com/3QQfpU3
📢 Press release: bit.ly/44rYJYc

The ISBD Psychological Interventions Taskforce (of which I am a member) have published a position paper on the state of psychological interventions in bipolar disorder & priorities for research/service delivery. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

To deepen your learning on cultural safety and humility, we’re sharing a podcast episode from BC NEIHR.

Listen to Harley Eagle and Laura McNab-Coombs as they explore self-reflection, intention and supporting safer spaces for Indigenous peoples: bit.ly/3PU1JGP

The Bipolar Clock: Stabilize Mood By Resetting Your Body Clock 🌓

Watch our NEW #talkBD episode: Award-winning researcher Dr. Holly Swartz breaks down the 'bipolar clock' & how to take charge of #bipolar by timing light exposure, eating & social contact: bipolarclock.com

VCHRI mental health expert Erin Michalak recently spoke with Medscape about the ways patient-centered research transforms bipolar disorder care: ow.ly/Q7la50R4xtN @CREST.BD #WorldBipolarDay World Bipolar Day

On the first episode of Medscape InDiscussion #bipolardisorder , ISBD members Dr. Trisha Suppes and Dr. Erin Michalak discuss bd patient advocacy, engagement, and stigma

Listen to the full podcast here:
medscape.com/viewarticle/99…

#WorldBipolarDay

Evidence-informed tool designed by Emma Morton and funded by Michael Smith Health Research BC launched on #WorldBipolarDay John Torous, MD MBI Lakshmi Yatham UBC Department of Psychiatry

On average, it takes 9.5 years to get an accurate bipolar diagnosis. During this lost decade, people living with undiagnosed bipolar are at risk of losing their jobs, relationships, homes, and lives.

On World Bipolar Day, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Bipolar UK are

Just in time for 😍 World Bipolar Day #WorldBipolarDay

New blog 🚨BD² Scientific Steering Committee member Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, shared her experience living with #bipolardisorder and what makes her optimistic about the future of bipolar disorder research. #WorldBipolarDay

Read the full post: bipolardiscoveries.org/2024/03/an-int…

This #WorldBipolarDay , and everyday, we are #BipolarStrong . 💚🌎

Download and share our World Bipolar Day Toolkit to get involved with with our global campaign: ibpf.org/world-bipolar-…

In this TalkBD podcast episode, past ISBD president Dr. Manuel Shanchez de Carmona takes a deep dive into the fascinating history of bipolar disorder #WorldBipolarDay World Bipolar Day International Bipolar Foundation Bipolar UK MoodDisorders Canada DBSA

Dear those with #Bipolar , please consider taking part in this short anonymous online survey about the links between substance use ( #drugs , alcohol) & #Bipolar Disorder, whether you use or not. Thank you! #WorldBipolarDay #WorldBipolarDay 2024 #Weed #Drink
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Today is #WorldBipolarDay ! Let's inspire a shift in thinking that will eliminate social stigma & promote acceptance of people living with bipolar disorder.
➡ Download our booklet for more info: mdsc.ca/edu/what-is-bi…
#bipolardisorder #mooddisorders #mentalhealth #mentalillness