Like many other mental health conditions, bipolar disorder is still quite stigmatized in our society. Stigma can play a significant role in how people living with bipolar disorder receive treatment and care, their education and careers, and many other aspects of daily life. For this episode, we’ll be tackling topics like medications, relationships, the workplace, and supporting a loved one. We’ll be hearing from Dr. Sagar Parikh, a psychiatrist in the Michigan Medicine Bipolar Disorder Clinic and professor of psychiatry and of health policy and management in the School of Public Health at UofM, and Michelle Yang, writer, activist, marketing project manager, and research participant with the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program.

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Research into conditions like bipolar disorder cannot happen without the participation of hundreds of people who sign up for research studies and programs like the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program. In this episode, we’ll unpack wellness—how we define and measure it healthcare and research settings. We’re joined by Dr. Alexandra Vinson, assistant professor of Learning Health Sciences and co-lead of the Prechter Bipolar Disorder Learning Community. Stephanie Prechter, artist, philanthropist, a bipolar disorder research participant with lived experience and board member of the Prechter Program, and Dr. Sarah Sperry, director of the Emotion and Temporal Dynamics Lab and associate director of the Prechter Program. 

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Bipolar disorder is more than just mood swings. It’s a journey marked by intense highs of mania and debilitating lows of depression. But within this condition exist millions of people who live unique lives. Today, we're going to talk to three clinical and research experts from the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program at Michigan Medicine to learn more about the science of bipolar disorder—diagnostics, genetics, and decision-making. We'll be hearing from Dr. Melvin McInnis, director of the Prechter Program, Dr. Paul Jenkins, associate professor of pharmacology and associate director of the Prechter Program, and Dr. Chandra Sripada, professor of psychiatry and philosophy.

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Addiction is often stigmatized or hidden. And that may be part of why many of us know so little about what addiction actually is and how it works. And that's what this podcast is about. We're going to talk to the experts at University of Michigan Health and the U-M Addiction Center - people whose careers are focused on better understanding addiction and how to better treat and live with addiction.

Featured Speaker: Sarah Rollins, LMSW

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Addiction is often stigmatized or hidden. And that may be part of why many of us know so little about what addiction actually is and how it works. And that's what this podcast is about. We're going to talk to the experts at University of Michigan Health and the U-M Addiction Center - people whose careers are focused on better understanding addiction and how to better treat and live with addiction.

Featured Speaker: Anne Fernandez, Ph.D.

The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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Addiction is often stigmatized or hidden. And that may be part of why many of us know so little about what addiction actually is and how it works. And that's what this podcast is about. We're going to talk to the experts at University of Michigan Health and the U-M Addiction Center - people whose careers are focused on better understanding addiction and how to better treat and live with addiction.

Featured Speaker: Jonathan Morrow, M.D., Ph.D.

The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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Join us for our first series, a three part look into the science of addiction.

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