This is the first in a series of webinars exploring the bipolar symptoms that no-one talks about.

In this webinar, Dr Clare Dolman examines a symptom which many people with bipolar have to cope with when they're high: hypersexual behaviour. Joined by Anne Chataigné, who's made a film about her experiences, they discuss the link between hypersexual behaviour and bipolar, the emotions it can trigger and its longer term consequences.

About the speakers

Dr Clare Dolman

Clare Dolman is a journalist and researcher whose PhD focused on women with bipolar disorder’s decision-making regarding pregnancy and childbirth. She is a Patient and Public Involvement Lead for the NIHR-funded ESMI project on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of perinatal mental health services, based part-time at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. She also lectures on the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ training courses on service user perspectives. Clare, who has a diagnosis of bipolar, is a trustee of the MMHA: Maternal Mental Health Alliance and of the charity APP - Action on Postpartum Psychosis, as well as an ambassador for Bipolar UK.

Anne Chataigné

Anne Chataigné co-wrote the BFI Doc Society-funded short documentary film ‘Trust Me’, of which she is the protagonist. Blending animation and live-action recreations, she uses humour and compassion to reclaim the story of her bipolar diagnosis in her early 20s and uses the film to challenge everyday stigma and pave her journey towards self-acceptance. Anne has lived in London for the last 13 years. When she is not making documentaries with her friends, she works as an urbanist, adapting the UK to flood risk.

Interested in these webinars? Save the date for other topics in the series

• 'Bipolar and Paranoid Behaviour' webinar with psychiatrist and researcher Dr Sameer Jauhar and Ivan Kennes who lives with bipolar: Wednesday 28 June 2023, 12 -1pm.
• 'Bipolar and Sleep' webinar with sleep expert Emeritus Professor Kevin Morgan and Luyando Malawo, who lives with bipolar: Wednesday 20 September, 1-2pm. 
  
• 'Bipolar and Overspending' webinar with Dr Thomas Richardson and April Kelley who lives with bipolar: Wednesday 8 November, 6-7pm. 

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Last updated: 7 June 2023