Kicking off 2024

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News Updates

Bipolar Disorder Linked to Early Death More than Smoking

New research from Melvin McInnis, Ph.D., FRCPsych and Anastasia Yocum, Ph.D., shows having bipolar disorder is associated with a four- to six-fold risk of dying prematurely.

New Grant Awarded to Prechter Team: Using PRIORI Tech for Emotion Patterns

Drs. Melvin McInnis, Emily Mower Provost, and Sarah Sperry were recently awarded an R01 grant to study emotion expression and mood severity using PRIORI technology.

New $5 Million Federal Grant Awarded to Learning Health System Efforts

The U-M Department of Learning Health Sciences received a 5-year, $5 million grant to train Learning Health System Scientists. The Bipolar Disorder Learning Community within the Prechter Program is a participant.

Save the Date: Society for Ambulatory Assessment Conference

Drs. Sarah Sperry and Aidan Wright are hosting the 2024 Society for Ambulatory Assessment Conference this June in Ann Arbor.

University of Michigan Professor Shares Her Story with Bipolar Disorder

Ann Jeffers, Ph.D., Professor of Civil Engineering at U-M, details her mental health journey in her recent memoir, "Can You Hear the Music? My Journey Through Madness."

‘Ambiguous Loss’ and Grieving the Child We Never Had

Long time Prechter Program research participant, Meg LeDuc wrote about her circumstantial infertility journey and her mental health for bp Hope. She shares about her difficult decision to not have children due to her bipolar disorder diagnosis.

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