Unlocking Bipolar Disorder with Innovative Research Strategies

Bipolar Disorder (BD) is such a complex disorder that many people with BD say they have never experienced the same day twice. Decades of funding traditional research strategies, with individual labs exploring a small facet of the disorder, have unearthed little information. This lack of understanding of BD has left families and people who live with the disease lost for answers, and struggling with ineffective treatments. The field is realizing the need for new, interdisciplinary, and innovative strategies to paint a more robust picture of BD. However, traditional research funders such as the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) are unable to fund such large-scale initiatives due to the prohibitive cost of this kind of study, and potential risk.

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