Interesting new research on BD in BC

Courtesy of one of our BC members, here is an article on some very interesting new research being conducted by psychologist Erin Michalak in Vancouver on bipolar disorder.  Read the article here.

This article is of particular interest because of the focus on individuals who are not dependent on drug therapies for symptom control but rather use other non-pharmaceutical methods to improve their quality of life. This is research more concerned with thriving as opposed to the tradition focus on disorder and dysfunction. It's refreshing to see researchers moving out of the stereotypical boxes to look at what people with lived experience are actually doing. May we only hope that more research of this kind gets done for a wider variety of mental health conditions!