ITV News Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana and Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner sat down in April 2024 to discuss how bipolar has shaped their lives. Read more
Exclusive Q&A with Channel 4’s Big Mood Director Rebecca Asher and Executive Producer Lotte Beasley Mestriner Read more
Bipolar UK, has joined a new £4.3million Mental Health Platform Research Hub with South Wales and South-West England (SW²) hub which is set to advance understanding around the diagnosis and treatment of severe mental illness (SMI) including bipolar. Read more
On World Bipolar Day 2024, Simon Kitchen, Andy Barnes and Callum Barnes visited the BBC Breakfast sofa to explain why the need for earlier bipolar diagnosis and specialist services for bipolar is so urgent Read more
Bipolar UK is deeply concerned about the potential impact of the current national shortage of certain medications. This includes Quetiapine, which is an antipsychotic taken by many people who live with bipolar. Read more
Bipolar UK responds to the Met Police's plan to withdraw from attending emergency related mental health incidents by the end of August 2023 Read more
Bipolar UK responds to the news that researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified a new 'proof of concept' for a blood test that identifies biomarkers to indicate bipolar Read more
Sir Patrick Vallance’s reference to ‘bipolar’ when referring to Boris Johnson’s decision-making is misleading and damaging Read more
We are deeply concerned and disappointed by the recent comments made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about the proposed changes to the fit note Read more
Bipolar UK's response to the Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) Major Conditions Strategy Read more
In The Lancet Psychiatry, Director of Research at Bipolar UK, Dr Tania Gergel, highlights the lack of research into suicide that’s destroying too many bipolar lives Read more
New research highlighted today in ‘The Lancet Psychiatry’ conducted by Bipolar UK, shows that hundreds of thousands of people in the UK could be experiencing periods of hypersexual behaviour and taking risks with potentially life-changing consequences. Read more
Read the full report about The 25th Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) held in Chicago, June 2023 here. Read more
On World Bipolar Day (30 March 2024), the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Bipolar UK are calling on Government to urgently reduce unacceptable waiting times for diagnosis. Read more
Rishi Sunak has called for a general election on 4 July 2024. It is important that the voices of people living with bipolar are heard. But do you know the voting rights for people in hospital? Read more