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Research Partnerships

We work in partnership with research institutions to help design, undertake and disseminate the results of high quality research leading to new treatments. We also undertake our own research to document and improve the experiences of people living with bipolar.

Current research projects in partnership with Bipolar UK

Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) for ‘Precision Psychiatry’
Join a bipolar research community, NCMH
The CRiB2 Study, King's College London

Research Institution Protocol

We acknowledge and support the need for research into all aspects of the bipolar condition and in supporting this we use the following research protocol:

  • Bipolar UK will consider partnership requests from research teams and institutions but due to demand, we are unable to accept all the research requests we receive
  • Please contact us as early as possible in the development of your research proposal
  • Please ensure your research proposal includes an agreed remit, level of involvement and budget
  • All research projects must have full ethical approval from the appropriate statutory body
  • Researchers must provide Bipolar UK with feedback on completion of the research, either supplying the full report or an executive summary with a link to the full report

If you are interested in working with us, please contact us via [email protected] 

Students

Unfortunately we don't have the capacity to help students with essays or research projects. You are welcome to use the information on our website for your own research and projects, but please take into account that you have full responsibility to check facts and cite sources.

Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) for ‘Precision Psychiatry’

Bipolar UK has been working with Cardiff University, along with the University of Bristol, MQ and The McPin Foundation, on submitting a funding bid to the MRC to establish a Centre of Research Excellence for ‘Precision Psychiatry’. We would like to invite you to view our video, and then answer two quick questions below. 

There’s an urgent need to improve interventions for severe mental health conditions, such as bipolar and schizophrenia.

One size does not fit all in mental health intervention.

It is important that we can offer interventions to people based on their unique experiences of mental health.

This is what precision psychiatry aims to do. It aims to better understand the differences between people with mental health conditions and to develop interventions that best suit each individual.

We would like to build a Centre of Research Excellence in Precision Psychiatry that will prioritise getting the right treatment to the right people at the right times.

Within our Centre people with lived experience of severe mental health conditions and their friends, family and carers will work alongside academics as advisors and researchers.

Your opinion matters

Please watch our video and then help us by answering our two feedback questions afterwards.

Thank you for your support.


Join a bipolar research community, NCMH

The National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) and Bipolar UK are working together to reach out to people with lived experience of bipolar. We hope to build a ground-breaking, collaborative research community dedicated to increasing understanding of bipolar; its causes, triggers, and how best to manage the condition.

You can sign up here

Taking part in this National Centre for Mental Health study will enable us to build a community dedicated to research, so you can be contacted with future research opportunities.

Signing up takes 10-15 minutes online. You just need to provide some straightforward information and you will be helping to create a network which has enormous potential for improving the lives of people with bipolar.


The CRiB2 Study, King's College London

The CRiB2 study is looking into whether a psychological therapy, called Cognitive Remediation, provides meaningful benefits in cognition and psychosocial functioning compared to standard treatment for people with bipolar. 

Cognitive Remediation combines computerised tasks to improve thinking skills with the identification and development of strategies. The ultimate goal is transferring newly acquired thinking skills and strategies to daily life activities in order to facilitate recovery. Participants receiving therapy will be assigned a therapist and working with them in 1-on-1 sessions. 

You can find out more about the study here 

If you're interested in finding out more about taking part in this research, please email: 
[email protected]


Last updated: 17 July 2023

Published: 19th August, 2015

Updated: 17th July, 2023

Author: Anonymised User

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