Generated by All in One SEO Pro v5.0.0.1, this is an llms-full.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # ISBD International Society of Bipolar Disorders ## Posts ### [2026 Mogens Schou Awardees](https://www.isbd.org/2026-mogens-schou-awardees/) **Published:** October 21, 2026 **Author:** Mary Miller **Content:** The ISBD would like to extend our congratulations to the 2026 Mogens Schou Awardees. The awards were presented in Vancouver at the ISBD annual meeting on September 29, 2026. Named in honor of Professor Mogens Schou, these awards recognize his pioneering work in establishing the first effective treatment for bipolar disorder and his lifelong contributions to psychiatry and the care of people living with bipolar disorder. Please join us in celebrating this year’s honorees: Public Service & Advocacy – Dr. Andrea Vassilev Education and Teaching – Dr. Benjamin Goldstein Research – Dr. Trisha Suppes ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AV-MS-2026-1024x576.jpg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/BG-MS-2026-1024x576.jpg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/TS-MS-2026-1024x576.jpg) **Categories:** Awards, ISBD 2026 Conference **Tags:** 2026 Conference, Awards, MogensSchouAwards, Vancouver --- ### [Save the Date - ISBD 2027](https://www.isbd.org/save-the-date-isbd-2027/) **Published:** August 12, 2026 **Author:** Mary Miller **Content:** ## Join us in Porto, Portugal | September 14-16, 2027 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ISBD-2027-Generic-Save-the-Date.png) We are pleased to announce the location for the 29th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. Join us from September 14-16, 2027 in Porto, Portugal at the Alfândega Porto Congress Centre. Mark your calendar and make plans to join us for the latest in research and advancement in the field of bipolar and mood disorders. You are not going to want to miss the opportunity to network with colleagues in this vibrant location! **Categories:** ISBD 2027 Conference **Tags:** Conference --- ### [New ISBD Online Experience](https://www.isbd.org/new-isbd-online-experience/) **Published:** July 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ISBD is pleased to announce that it has completely revised our entire website with a focus on easy of navigation, more dynamic content, a cleaner and more modern interface, and an emphasis on collating information for different user groups. Take a moment to browse the site and let us know if you have any questions at . **Categories:** Welcome to the new ISBD website --- ### [ISBD 2026 Featured Keynotes](https://www.isbd.org/isbd-2026-featured-keynotes/) **Published:** June 22, 2026 **Author:** Mary Miller **Content:** We are pleased to announce the Keynote speaker lineup for the 28th Annual Conference of the ISBD. Make plans to join us in Vancouver for these cutting edge talks plus so much more! To learn more about the conference, including accessing the full program and registration links, please visit: isbd.org/annual-conference/ **Categories:** Uncategorized --- ### [Deeper Integration of Lived Experience Voices in the Society](https://www.isbd.org/deeper-integration-of-lived-experience-voices-in-the-society/) **Published:** January 2, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** The Lived Experience Council was formed to provide a structure within the Society which can provide support for broad integration of lived experience perspectives in all aspects of the ISBD. The council will comment on and bring attention to lived experience priorities through review of key initiatives and will work to ensure representation of lived experience members. In conjunction with the Experts by Experience track in our conference, this represents our ongoing commitment to bring the wisdom, energy and concerns of those living with bipolar disorder to bear on the Society’s work. **Categories:** Lived Experience Council (LEC) --- ### [Early Mid-Career Community of Practice](https://www.isbd.org/early-mid-career-community-of-practice/) **Published:** February 2, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** For those in the first half of their career-trajectory, ISBD offers the opportunity to join our Community of Practice (CoP) Slack Channel. The channel offers an opportunity to meet other junior clinicians and researchers and find support for career related challenges, including publishing, grant writing and mentorship, work-life balance through topic driven sections of the channel. The CoP Channel also provides information on EMCC activities planned for the upcoming conference, fellowship opportunities, and more. Best of all, when you join, you will be provided with an upgraded Pro account to get the most out of Slack and the CoP. Have questions, just ask. If you are not already a member, please sign up using the following link: [https://join.slack.com/t/isbdemcc/shared\_invite/zt-3gmhz5c0i-07fAdXs\_HkW2IjQs8zifVw](https://join.slack.com/t/isbdemcc/shared_invite/zt-3gmhz5c0i-07fAdXs_HkW2IjQs8zifVw) **Categories:** Early Mid-Career Committee --- ### [Registration Open for ISBD 2026 Conference](https://www.isbd.org/registration-open-for-isbd-2026-conference/) **Published:** February 16, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** There is still time to register for the 28th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorder in Vancouver from 29-30 September, 2026. To register, please visit the [Annual Conference](https://www.isbd.org/annual-conference/ "Annual Conference") page for details. Remember, ISBD members receive a discount on registration fees, so if you are not already a member, it pays to attend the conference as one! **Categories:** ISBD 2026 Conference --- ## Pages ### [Homepage](https://www.isbd.org/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/homepage-banner-mobile.webp "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # International Society for Bipolar Disorders A global community shaping the future of bipolar disorder research and care **Who We Are** ## We are a professional membership organization fostering training and international collaboration in education, research and clinical care in bipolar disorder and related conditions. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Become a Member](https://www.isbd.org/for-members/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## Whatever Matters Most to You, Find it Here. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-1.webp "home-find-1") ### For Professional [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-arrow-hover.svg)](https://www.isbd.org/for-professionals/) We offer curated content, including task force reports and products, selected featured content from our meetings, and networking. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-2.webp "home-find-1") ### Annual Conference [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-arrow-hover.svg)](https://www.isbd.org/annual-conference/) Continue your journey at “Annual Conference” for those who want to submit to or simply register for one of the most well-regarded meetings in the field ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-3.webp "home-find-1") ### For The Public [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-arrow-hover.svg)](https://www.isbd.org/for-the-public/) For those who want to understand more about bipolar disorders and access free resources. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Background-Card.avif "home-find-1") ### For Members [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-find-arrow-hover.svg)](https://www.isbd.org/for-members/) When you’re ready, “For Members,” offers access to our high impact Journal, Bipolar Disorders, conference discounts, mentorship opportunities, exclusive member content, membership directory, and more. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/homepage-our-community-right-ellipse.svg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-our-community-bg.webp "home-our-community-bg") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/homepage-our-community-bottom-ellipse.svg) ****Society**** ****Scope**** **Over 25 years, ISBD has held** ### 20 scientific conferences ****with over**** ### 12500 attendees, ****reaching the globe with**** ### 27 international chapters ****and educating over**** ### 5900 members. **Global Perspectives** ## Collaboration Without Borders [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Meet Our Community](https://www.isbd.org/our-community/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/homepage-our-community-right-quote.svg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-our-community-testimonials-bg.webp "home-our-community-testimonials-bg") ## “If you want to be part of where the most active leading edge research is happening, this is the place to go for that” ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/homepage-our-community-testimonials.webp)Jim Phelps, USA Jim Phelps is a long-standing ISBD member, retired clinician, and academic in Corvallis, Oregon. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-conferences-bg.webp "home-conferences-bg") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/homepage-conferences.webp) **ISBD Conferences** ## An in-person, in-depth, and incredible experience ISBD conferences are a truly special opportunity to learn from luminaries in the field, network, develop new collaborations, and get your work seen. 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Do you have a research study you are currently recruiting for and would like to share with the ISBD audience? Please complete the form below to have it added to this page. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Research Opportunities Listing Form](https://www.isbd.org/research-opportunities-listing-form/) Questions? Contact Mary Miller, MSW, ISBD Program Manager at [marym@isbd.org](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=Career%20Opportunity%20List%20Inquiry) ## Research Opportunities ***\*\* Please note the ISBD cannot answer questions on research studies.\*\* \*\*All contact information is listed in each study\*\**** **Country:** United States **University/Organization:** University of California, San Diego **Research Opportunity:** Evaluating the MindNumbers App to Support People Living with Bipolar Disorder (Remote Study) **Brief Inclusion Criteria:** Adults (18+ years), fluent in English, currently attending college or university as a student, self-identify as having Bipolar Disorder or diagnosed with any type of Bipolar Disorder, iPhone required As part of the study, we will ask participants to use the free MindNumbers app for at least 3 weeks and then participate in a 1-hour remote interview sharing their experiences and perceptions of the app. Participants can earn up to a $130 electronic gift cards. **International Participants Accepted:** No. United States residents only. **Deadline to Participate:** October 31, 2026 **Contact Name and Email:** Elizabeth Eikey For more details on this opportunity, [see study flyer](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MindNumbers-Pilot-Program-Flyer_6-9-26.pdf) here or [visit the webpage here](https://ucsd.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5cMqViz5VgSGQAK) **Country:** Australia **University/Organization:** The University of Melbourne **Research Opportunity:** liVed experIence of cognitive difficultieS In BipoLar, depression and psychosEs (VISIBLE) Study **Brief Inclusion Criteria:** Adults (18+years) with diagnosis of bipolar disorder (any subtype), major depressive disorder, and/or a schizophrenia spectrum disorder **International Participants Accepted:** Yes; All Countries Accepted **Deadline to Participate:** December 2026 **Contact Name and Email** : A/Prof Tamsyn Van Rheenen or Dr Georgia Caruana via For more details on this opportunity, see [study flyer here](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/VISIBLE-Surveys_Flyer-A4-1.pdf) or visit [study webpage here](https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_78v0mQDymiEFn26) **Country:** United States **University/Organization:** University of Colorado, Boulder **Research Opportunity:** Positive Emotion Dysregulation (PED) in Bipolar Disorder Onset and Illness Course in Emerging Adults: Young Emerging Adult Research Study (YEARS) **Brief Inclusion Criteria:** 18-25 years old; able to attend IN-PERSON sessions in Boulder, CO; have a personal history of bipolar disorder OR no mental health history; complete a [brief pre-screening survey](https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8BQAkxrPyCHLq62) **International Participants Accepted:** No- United States residents only; must be able to attend IN-PERSON sessions in Boulder, CO **Deadline to Participate:** April 1, 2027 **Contact Name and Email** : YEARS Study Team [years-study@colorado.edu](mailto:years-study@colorado.edu?subject=YEARS%20Study%20Interest%20from%20ISBD%20website) For more details on this opportunity, see [study flyer here](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/YEARS_BD_Flyer.pdf) or visit [study webpage here](https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8BQAkxrPyCHLq62) **Country:** United States **University/Organization:** UC Berkeley **Research Opportunity:** Healthy Lifestyles for Bipolar Disorder **Brief Inclusion Criteria:** 18-65 years old; diagnosed with and receiving treatment for bipolar disorder; experiencing issues with sleep or keeping daily routines; have access to a working smartphone with a camera **International Participants Accepted:** Yes – United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Australia **Deadline to Participate:** December 2029 **Contact Name and Email** : CALM Program [calmprogram@berkeley.edu](mailto:calmprogram@berkeley.edu?subject=Study%20Interest%20from%20ISBD%20Website) For more details on this opportunity, see [study flyer here](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/HL-Study-1-flyers-3.pdf) or visit [study webpage here](https://calm.berkeley.edu/healthy-lifestyles-bipolar-disorder/) **Country:** United States **University/Organization:** Massachusetts General Hospital **Research Opportunity:** Mass General Hospital Postpartum Psychosis Project (MGHP3) **Brief Inclusion Criteria:** Adults (18+years) who experienced a psychotic episode within 6 months of a live birth, stillbirth, or IUFD in the past 10 years. **International Participants Accepted:** Yes; All participants must understand and be able to read English **Deadline to Participate:** No Deadline **Contact Name and Email** : MGHP3 Study Team [MGHP3@partners.org](mailto:mghp3@partners.org?subject=ISBD%20Research%20Opportunity%20Inquiry%20) For more details on this opportunity, see [study flyer here](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/P3flyer_2.13.2025.pdf) or visit [study webpage here](https://www.mghp3.org/about-our-research) **Country:** The Netherlands **University/Organization:** UMC Utrecht Brain Center Rudolf Magnus **Research Opportunity:** Survey on tapering medication for bipolar disorder **Brief Inclusion Criteria:** Adults (18+years) have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder by a healthcare professional and have ever tapered or discontinued a medication used to manage your bipolar disorder **International Participants Accepted:** Yes, but must reside in one of the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand **Deadline to Participate:** No Deadline **Contact Name and Email** : Noor Woerdman, PhD student For more details on this opportunity, see [study flyer here](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/tapering-survey.pdf) or visit [study webpage here](https://data.castoredc.com/survey/Y3MKQJJ9) --- ### [Our Board](https://www.isbd.org/our-board/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/AboutUs2-scaled.jpg "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Our Board - All - Executive - Board - Staff ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Swartz-2025.webp) ## Holly Swartz President Read more about Holly Swartz ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Swartz-2025.webp) Current Appointments President Contact InformationUSA ## Holly Swartz Holly A. Swartz, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. Her federally and philanthropically funded research focuses on developing and optimizing psychosocial interventions for mood disorders, including Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) for bipolar disorder and interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for maternal depression. Her work examines the chronobiological basis of mood disorders, the integration of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in the management of bipolar disorder, the effects of maternal depression treatment on offspring, and mediators of evidence-based psychotherapy outcomes. Her current research also explores the use of large language models to develop automated supervision tools for beginning psychotherapy clinicians. Dr. Swartz is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Psychotherapy. She has held leadership roles in several national and international organizations, including currently serving as President of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and as a Board Member of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology. Recent honors include the Gerald L. Klerman Senior Investigator Award from DBSA, two Western Psychiatric Hospital Outstanding Faculty Teaching Awards, and the Klerman and Weissman Award for Excellence in Outreach, Training and Dissemination from the International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy. She has authored two books and more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, with over 10,000 citations. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Soares.webp) ## Jair Soares Treasurer Read more about Jair Soares ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Soares.webp) Current Appointments Treasurer Contact InformationUSA ## Jair Soares Dr. Jair C. Soares joined UTHealth Houston in 2009 as Professor and Chair of the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the Pat Rutherford Chair is Psychiatry at the McGovern Medical School, as well as the Executive Director of UTHealth Harris County Psychiatric Center. Since 2022, he also serves as the Executive Director of the UTHealth John S. Dunn Behavioral Health Sciences Center, as well as the Vice-President for Behavioral Health Sciences at UTHealth Houston. A Board-certified psychiatrist, he oversees the Psychiatric Services at Memorial Herrmann Hospital and LBJ Hospital. The sites provide patient care and are clinical training and research facilities for the UTHeath medical students, psychiatry residents and psychiatry fellows. Dr. Soares directs the UTHealth Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders which focuses on the search for causes and the development of new treatments for mood disorders. The Center is comprised of an active research team that specializes in clinical neurosciences (neuroimaging, neurophysiology, cognitive neurosciences, and genetics) and clinical psychopharmocology and interventions research. Dr. Soares received his medical degree from the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) and completed a general psychiatric residency at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh. Subsequently, Dr. Soares completed a brain imaging fellowship at the Yale University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. He obtained a PhD in medical sciences at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). Prior to joining UTHealth, Dr. Soares served at the Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Center of Excellence for Research and Treatment of Bipolar Disorders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and as Deputy Chair for Research and Division Chief for Mood and Anxiety Disorders with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Soares has published more than 350 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in the psychiatric literature and has held editorial positions on a number of national and international medical journals. His research has been funded over the years by multiple grants from NIH, VA, private foundations and the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Soares is a past President for the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry, and the International Society on Affective Disorders. He currently serves as Vice-President for the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC). Since April 2015, he has been the co-editor in chief for the Jounral of Affective Disorders Reports, which was launched in 2020. He serves in the executive council, finance committee and in the travel award committee for the International Society for Clinical Trials Methodology (ISCTM). Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Singh_Photo-392x400.webp) ## Manpreet Kaur Singh Vice President of Governance Read more about Manpreet Kaur Singh ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Singh_Photo-392x400.webp) Current Appointments Vice President of Governance Contact InformationUSA ## Manpreet Kaur Singh I have been engaged with ISBD for over a decade, beginning with the honor of receiving the Samuel Gershon Award for Junior Investigators in 2014, and have remained an active contributor to the Society’s mission to advance research, clinical care, and global collaboration in bipolar disorders. As the Robert H. Putnam Endowed Chair in Bipolar Disorders Research and Treatment at the University of California, Davis, my career has been devoted to building bridges between discovery and clinical impact in child, adolescent, and adult-onset bipolar spectrum and related mood disorders. I currently serve as multi-PI on a national NIMH R25 award (CAPRI) to develop a mentorship network for early and emerging investigators, and as PI or site PI on multiple NIH- and industry-sponsored studies. These leadership roles have prepared me to navigate complex governance structures, balance diverse stakeholder interests, and ensure accountability in large-scale, multi-institutional initiatives. My experience in governance and oversight is grounded in: • Leadership of research teams and networks – successfully coordinating cross-disciplinary, multi-site collaborations that require transparent processes, consensus-building, and rigorous accountability. • Regulatory and ethical oversight – service on Data and Safety Monitoring Boards where I have been entrusted with protecting participant welfare and ensuring research integrity. • Editorial and scholarly leadership – as Editor-in-Chief of JAACAP Open and a frequent reviewer for the Society’s flagship journal Bipolar Disorders, I uphold standards of fairness, transparency, and scientific rigor. • Professional society service – including leadership roles in the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Society of Biological Psychiatry, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and the American Psychiatric Association, where I have advanced career development, equity, education, and mentorship initiatives. The Vice President of Governance must ensure that ISBD’s operations remain ethical, transparent, and mission-driven. I see this role not only as an opportunity to safeguard organizational integrity, but also as a platform to strengthen ISBD’s global collaborations, expand mentorship pipelines for early-career investigators, and ensure that the Society remains responsive to the rapidly evolving landscape of bipolar disorder research and care. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schaffer.webp) ## Ayal Schaffer Vice President of Research Read more about Ayal Schaffer ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schaffer.webp) Current Appointments Vice President of Research Contact InformationCanada ## Ayal Schaffer I have maintained a close affiliation with the ISBD for many years, serving in a variety of leadership roles. This includes a prior term on the Executive as VP Education, during which we successfully modernized the ISBD Education products and brand. I have also been involved with ISBD in other roles, including as Chair of the Task Force on Suicide, Board Councilor, member or co-chair of numerous steering, conference and awards committees, membership in other task forces, mentoring junior colleagues, and through presentations at ISBD conferences on my research focused primarily on suicide risk and prevention in bipolar disorder, clinical trials in BD, as well as the development and dissemination of BD treatment guidelines. At the ISBD meeting in Chicago, I had the privilege of delivering a keynote address and receiving the Mogens Schou Award for Education and Teaching. Over the years I have been privileged to collaborate with many members of the society – both in leadership and the grassroots; either through task forces, conference committees, or working with national chapters on new projects. I believe the ISBD remains singular among comparable organizations in the degree to which it garners loyalty and engagement among its members, facilitating the advancement of new research endeavours, promoting education for a wide spectrum of learners, and collaborating with advocacy groups and people with lived experience. The ISBD is central to the professional identity of hundreds of people around the world. The Research portfolio at the ISBD encompasses providing assistance and support to the numerous active and planned Task Forces, advancing the efforts of the Early and Mid- Career Committee, and acknowledging high achieving emerging researchers. In addition, I believe there are several initiatives that should be considered. These involve a Research Colloquium for trainees that is linked to the annual conference; providing a platform in which the society can engage in greater integration of global research and training efforts, and promoting greater visibility for our active researchers in between annual conferences. The ISBD is engaged in many highly productive research endeavors, and my goal is to keep the momentum going. This remains an exciting moment in time to be a researcher in the BD field, and I look forward to helping the society play its part. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Erin_Michalak-398x400.webp) ## Erin Michalak Vice President of Global Outreach Read more about Erin Michalak ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Erin_Michalak-398x400.webp) Current Appointments Vice President of Global Outreach Contact InformationCanada ## Erin Michalak Dr. Michalak’s research has been well supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and other funders. She is the founder and leader of the ‘Collaborative RESearch Team for the study of psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder’ (CREST.BD), a CIHR-funded Canadian network dedicated to collaborative research and knowledge exchange in bipolar disorder. She has published over 100 scientific articles and several books and book chapters. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Frey_Photo.webp) ## Benicio Frey Vice President of Education Read more about Benicio Frey ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Frey_Photo.webp) Current Appointments Vice President of Education Contact InformationCanada ## Benicio Frey It is with great enthusiasm that I accept the position of Vice President of Education of the ISBD. I have been a member of ISBD since I was selected to receive the first Samuel Gershon Young Investigator Award at the ISBD conference in Edinburgh in 2006. Since then, I have been an active (and enthusiastic) member of this dynamic society. I have led, co-led and co-authored multiple articles from the ISBD Biomarker, Women’s Health and Chronobiology Task Forces. I have also delivered multiple pre-congress courses and chaired multiple symposia and a keynote speaker presentation. Education has always been an integral part of my career. I have mentored dozens of students at every level of educational stage, including undergraduate, undergraduate medical, MSc, PhD, postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows and residents. I am constantly surrounded by clinical and research trainees in my daily work. Some examples of key educational achievements: I am very proud of creating an educational program for residents in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster, which includes women’s mental health as core rotation for family physicians graduating from this large program. I have also developed a new clinical fellowship curriculum in women’s mental health, which is accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. I also previously served as the associate director of the Neuroscience Graduate Program at McMaster. Through a successful fundraising, I secured funding for annual educational events for the general public to educate our community on women’s mental health issues. These annual public educational events, called “Opening Up”, involved co-presentation of expert health professional and people with lived experience (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjVEzijyJp4; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7zIm2-aho; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pijp7vzZZtE). I am proud to bring my experience and leadership in education to the ISBD and contribute to the outstanding work of the Society in disseminating education in bipolar disorder to the general and the scientific community. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Gin-Malhi-2019_250x250.webp) ## Gin Malhi Immediate Past President Read more about Gin Malhi ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Gin-Malhi-2019_250x250.webp) Current Appointments Immediate Past President Contact InformationAustralia ## Gin Malhi *Gin S. Malhi is Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Sydney in Australia. He Heads the Academic Department of Psychiatry at Royal North Shore Hospital where he is Director of the CADE Clinic, a specialist mood disorders clinic, and works full time as a clinician in a large, busy, teaching hospital. In addition to his medical qualifications he holds a degree in pharmacology and is a Fellow of both the Australian and British Royal Colleges of Psychiatry.* *Dr. Malhi has held leadership positions for national and international professional organisations including serving as President of the Australasian chapter of the International Society of Bipolar Disorders and is currently editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry and Bipolar Disorders, (the official journal of the ISBD). In the past he has also served as the Editor-in-chief of Acta Neuropsychiatrica. In addition to these leadership roles, he also sits on the editorial boards of a number of prestigious journals including, for example, the British Journal of Psychiatry, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica and the Journal of Affective Disorders.* *In 2018, Dr. Malhi was listed in the Clarivate Analytics reports as one of the most highly cited researchers (publications with top 1% of citations) in psychiatry in the world – based on research publications. In his research, Dr Malhi has employed neuroimaging, neurocognitive testing and genetics, and his major areas of research interest include investigating the phenomenology and neurobiology of bipolar disorder and major depression, and the identification of treatments for these illnesses. Dr. Malhi’s work has been funded primarily by peer reviewed funding agencies such as the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the Australian Rotary Health research fund, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the Australian Research Council.* *Dr. Malhi has a Google Scholar h-index of 81 and he has published over 500 papers in peer reviewed international journals including high impact journals such as The Lancet, The Lancet Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, and British Journal of Psychiatry. He has edited over a dozen books and written more than 20 book chapters, contributing most recently to the Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry on the prevention of mood disorders. In 2017, in conjunction with two co-editors, he published a comprehensive textbook on the use of lithium in mood disorders and is currently revising a successful pocketbook on bipolar disorders for clinicians. In addition to editing journal supplements and publishing books on bipolar disorder, in 2015 he chaired the development of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) guidelines for the treatment of mood disorders.* *Dr. Malhi is a sought-after speaker and has presented his research and clinical work at numerous international conferences. As a consequence, he has received a number of awards during his career including the RANZCP Senior Academic Researcher Prize, the RANZCP College Citation, the ISBD Mogen Schou Award for Education and Teaching, and The University of Sydney Distinguished Professorial Achievement Award. He has also been recognised locally for his contributions to the community with state-wide awards.* *Dr. Malhi is a Board member of the RANZCP Foundation and also sits on the council of several consumer organisations e.g. the advisory committees of the International Bipolar Foundation and Bipolar Australia – so as to promote wellbeing of those with mental illness.* Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Nierenberg-Photo-400x400.webp) ## Andrew Nierenberg North American Regional Director Read more about Andrew Nierenberg ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Nierenberg-Photo-400x400.webp) Current Appointments North American Regional Director ## Andrew Nierenberg ISBD, as the pre-eminent organization focusing on bipolar disorder, brings together clinicians, researchers, experts by experience, and pharmaceutical companies with the goal of advancing treatment and research. You all know that with a conservative estimate of 2% of the population of 340 million, that means that about 6.8 million people have the disorder. And yet, funding for bipolar disorder has consistently lagged behind other disorders for more than 25 years; clinicians rarely, if ever, follow guidelines, and outcomes have not improved over the past 20 years; the use of lithium has decreased from 30% to less than 15% for people with bipolar disorder and patients continue to have premature death, mostly because of cardiovascular disease and suicide. As North American Regional Director on the ISBD Board of Directors, I would like to help ISBD consider strategies to address these challenges by asking: 1) How can we increase clinician membership? 2) How can we better communicate to the wider audiences of clinicians, including nurse practitioners and psychologists? 3) How can we innovate to collaborate and get better outcomes? 4) How can we collaborate with NIMH and other funding agencies to raise the profile of bipolar disorder across the lifespan? and 5) How can we partner with DBSA and psychiatry residencies to advance mutual goals? Together, we can collaborate on these issues to improve the health of our patients. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Dols-2019.webp) ## Annemiek Dols European Regional Director Read more about Annemiek Dols ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Dols-2019.webp) Current Appointments European Regional Director Contact InformationEurope ## Annemiek Dols Dr. Dols is a psychiatrist and senior researcher at the VU Medical Center in Amsterdam. She oversees an evidence-based out-patient clinic for older patients with bipolar disorder, which provides specialized care for complext patients from all over the Netherlands. She has established and is following a cohort of over 200 patients with bipolar disorder to examine medical comorbidities, cognition, and social functioning across the lifespan. Building on her training in immunology, she has set up a biobank to examine neurobiological markers of illness. She has published widely on these topics, authoring or co-authoring over 100 publications. She is well known to the ISBD community, serving as co-chair of the ISBD Task Force for Older Age Bipolar Disorder and serving as a member of the ISBD Taskforce on Cognition. With co-investigators Martha Sajatovic, Lisa Eyler and Soham Rej, Dr. Dols is a 2018 recipient of the inaugural ISBD Bowden Massey Award which is funding the project entitled “Global Aging and Geriatic Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database.” Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Beny_Lafer-400x400.webp) ## Beny Lafer Latin American Regional Director Read more about Beny Lafer ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Beny_Lafer-400x400.webp) Current Appointments Latin American Regional Director Contact InformationLatin America ## Beny Lafer r. Lafer has dedicated his career to investigating pathophysiology and new treatments for bipolar disorder and improving care for those that suffer from this condition. He coordinates center of excellence in clinical care and research in bipolar disorder in Sao Paulo, Brazil. H has made many important contributions to advancing the vision and mission of the ISBD and some of his accomplishments are outlined below. Dr. Lafer’s leadership was fundamental to creating the Brazilian Chapter of ISBD in 2004, the second international chapter. He was elected its first President and since then, has been a key player in maintaining its full mission with delivering lectures and seminars in almost all the activities of this national society. Under his influence, the ISBD created an award for young researchers in bipolar disorder, the Valentim Gentil Award, which has been a significant stimulus for the research in BD and for ISBD itself, attracting young scientists and psychiatrists to a prolific environment. At the end of his 2-year term, the chapter had 118 members, created a national research network in bipolar disorders and its own website to serve researchers, clinicians and advocate groups. Dr. Lafer has been a member of the ISBD since its launch and supported the activities of the Society in diverse leadership roles. He had a key leadership role for the success of the ISDB meeting in São Paulo in 2010, with more than 1,100 registered delegates. Moreover, he was elected for the Board of Councillors on two separate occasions, participated in several Scientific Program Committees of the ISBD Conferences (São Paulo, Seoul, Toronto), ISBD Committees (Membership, Education Initiative, Chapter Development), and Taskforces (Diagnostic Guidelines, Mixed States, Antidepressant Use, Clinical Trials and Cognition). Finally, Dr. Lafer has been a member of Bipolar Disorders Journal Editorial Board since 2008. Dr. Lafer established the first research program in Bipolar Disorders in Brazil in 1995 at the University of São Paulo Medical School. Under his influence, many other academic centers established research and clinical programs and the field of bipolar disorder research became one of the most productive in research in Psychiatry in Brazil. Thanks to this, the Brazilian scientific output and citations in BD is much higher compared with other major psychiatric disorders. Moreover, the teaching and dissemination of knowledge about Bipolar Disorder for Medical undergraduate students, residents, postdocs and clinicians have increased substantially. Finally, Dr. Lafer collaborated with families, caregivers and patients to start the first advocacy program in Brazil (ABRATA). His talent and leadership in the field of education and training can be appreciated with his consistent mentoring of young and talented researchers, influencing a generation of psychiatrists and researchers not only in the development of skills for research, but also in the adoption of a highly cooperative and ethical behaviour. His skills and talent as a mentor surpassed national barriers and expanded to several international collaborations, especially by sending young researchers, PhD students and Post-Docs to programs at Harvard, Yale, Columbia University, University of Toronto and University of British Columbia. Due to a pioneer medical and PhD students exchange program established by the Brazilian and Canadian governments, Dr. Lafer was appointed in 2013 as a Visiting Adjunct Professor at University of Toronto, Canada. His influence also could be noted in his participation in the development of evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of bipolar disorder, such as the Brazilian Guidelines for the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder and the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT-ISBD Guidelines). For his dedication to ISBD, Dr. Beny Lafer was awarded with the 2018 ISBD Mogens Schou Award in Education. This was a way of ISBD to acknowledge his extraordinary dedication to education and his ability to inspire young researchers and society in the pursuit of better quality of life for those who suffer from bipolar disorder. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026_SGJIA_FAdiukwu-324x400.png) ## Frances Nkechi Adiukwu African Regional Director Read more about Frances Nkechi Adiukwu ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026_SGJIA_FAdiukwu-324x400.png) Current Appointments African Regional Director ## Frances Nkechi Adiukwu I am a Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital and Senior Lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where I lead the Mood Disorder Unit. I lead the Bipolar Disorder Research Group Nigeria and serve as Principal Investigator of the Bipolar Disorder Longitudinal Study Nigeria (BiDiLoS-Ng) and the Multicentre Analysis of Psychopharmacology treatment patterns (MAPS – Study). I have received national and international recognition for my work, including the World Psychiatric Association Early Career Psychiatrist Fellowship, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry Young Investigator Award, and ISBD Early Mid-Career Committee Travel Award, and have authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications. My clinical, research and administrative background has provided me with leadership and team-building experience that I can bring to the ISBD. My engagement with ISBD has increasingly become an important part of my professional commitment. Through the Pan-African Chapter, I currently co-chair chapter meetings and contribute to collaborative activities across the region. I co-lead the development of culturally adapted educational modules for African healthcare providers on bipolar disorder, and I am involved in a scoping review of digital mental health interventions for bipolar disorder in Africa. Through the ISBD Suicide Prevention Task Force, I contribute an African perspective to suicide prevention initiatives and co-lead work examining prevention strategies in low- and middle-income countries. I also serve on the Early Mid-Career Committee, co-leading its Publishing and Social Media Working Group. These roles have given me both a strong understanding of ISBD and practical experience in advancing its activities across Africa. As the Africa Regional Board Representative, my priorities are to build on the existing structure and strengthen engagement across the continent. I will work to facilitate the establishment and growth of country- and subregional ISBD chapters in Africa (either through the formation of local bipolar disorder societies or leveraging local psychiatric associations); this would increase membership in the chapter, creating enduring networks that support education, research, and professional development. I would also advocate for the development of culturally adapted clinical practice guidelines and educational resources that reflect the realities of bipolar disorder care across diverse African settings, extending the educational initiatives beyond healthcare professionals to family caregivers, community health workers, and faith and traditional leaders who play important roles in mental healthcare. By expanding partnerships with clinicians, researchers, advocacy groups, and people with lived experience from Africa, I am certain we can have greater African representation in the ISBD. Supporting the next generation of African bipolar disorder researchers is another priority. I will advocate for increased opportunities for mentorship, leadership development, travel scholarships, collaborative research, and seed funding for early- and mid-career investigators. I will also work to increase African representation across ISBD conferences, committees, educational programs, research collaborations, and leadership positions. I aim to strengthen the contribution of African clinicians, researchers, and people with lived experience to ISBD while ensuring that the unique challenges and opportunities of the African context are reflected in the Society’s work. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Koji_Matsuo_Web-400x400.webp) ## Koji Matsuo Asian Regional Director Read more about Koji Matsuo ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Koji_Matsuo_Web-400x400.webp) Current Appointments Asian Regional Director Contact InformationAsia ## Koji Matsuo I am honored to have the opportunity to contribute to the activities of the ISBD as the Asian Regional Director for a second term. I have achieved a notable milestone in the Asian regions of ISBD during the initial term of the Asian director, spanning from 2024 to 2025. I had the privilege of serving as co-president of the ISBD 2025 conference in Chiba, Japan, which I organized from start to finish. I facilitated the close collaboration between ISBD and the Japanese Society of Mood Disorders, ensuring a productive partnership for both organizations. I had the privilege of organizing the symposiums for Asia at the conference. We shared domestic practice guidelines for Asian countries and a region, which should be the first step to mutual understanding treatment for people with lived experience of bipolar disorder (PWLE) in Asia. I also organized another symposium, which provided Japanese PWLE with an opportunity to present their activities for PWLE in Japan. This event also facilitated connections with PWLE in other countries. In addition, I established connections with members of the executive committee of Asian ISBD chapters. I will continue to facilitate research, education, and clinical work on bipolar disorder in Asia. This will allow me to expand the best possible knowledge and evidence relevant to bipolar disorder into Asian countries and regions. The goal is to improve expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of the disorders. I am also committed to communicating with PWLEs in Asia and other regions worldwide. It is my conviction that these activities will foster the growth of Asian ISBD chapters. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VanRheenen.webp) ## Tamsyn Van Rheenen Oceania Regional Director Read more about Tamsyn Van Rheenen ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VanRheenen.webp) Current Appointments Oceania Regional Director Contact InformationOceania ## Tamsyn Van Rheenen I am a researcher from Melbourne, Australia focussed on understanding cognition and emotion in bipolar disorder and related illnesses on the mood-psychosis spectrum. I have been a member of the ISBD for 7 years and am active on the Targeting Cognition Taskforce as well as the Nutrition and Exercise Taskforce (NExT) and Early and a past member of the ISBD Early- Mid-Career Committee (EMCC). I am honored to serve in the position of Oceania Regional Director on the ISBD Board of Directors, and I am excited to be involved in advancing the ISBD’s mission to foster international collaboration in education, research, and clinical care to improve the lives of those with bipolar disorder and related conditions. I intend to advance this mission in the following ways; 1\) I will work with the ISBD to develop initiatives to make networking and collaborative ventures easier and less costly for bipolar-focused researchers in Oceania, who are geographically distanced from research hubs in the northern hemisphere. This will translate to a more diverse ISBD membership and open further opportunities to progress the ISBD’s mission via collaborative multinational research that will lead to improved outcomes for those with bipolar disorder. 2\) I will use my professional networks, positions, and social media presence to improve the visibility of the ISBD within research and clinical networks in Oceania. This will increase Oceania-based ISBD membership, in turn improving regional engagement with the many ISBD initiatives that seek to progress its mission. 3\) I will work with the ISBD to increase the scientific exposure of researchers based in Oceania via the development and maximisation of opportunities that promote research endeavors, scientific events, and job openings in this region and at an international level. 4\) I will leverage my transition from early to mid-career to i) promote interactions between senior and junior bipolar disorder researchers in Oceania and abroad, and ii) act as an ambassador to, and an advocate for, those early in their career, who are likely to be less aware of or engaged with the ISBD. This will build the capacity of a bipolar disorder-focused research workforce through the increased uptake of ISBD initiatives by junior researchers, and the availability of more opportunities for new and diverse perspectives to be put forward in efforts to solve difficult problems in the bipolar disorder field. 5\) I will continue to use my expertise in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and close links with researchers in the schizophrenia/psychosis field to embed bipolar disorder into psychosis research locally and internationally. This will progress the ISBD’s vision to improve outcomes for bipolar disorder by accelerating understanding of transdiagnostic processes and the development of treatments that will help a diverse array of individuals with mental illness. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Manuel-Sanchez-2016-400x400.webp) ## Manuel Sanchez de Carmona Past President Read more about Manuel Sanchez de Carmona ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Manuel-Sanchez-2016-400x400.webp) Current Appointments Past President Contact InformationLatin America ## Manuel Sanchez de Carmona Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Trisha-Suppes_250x250.webp) ## Trisha Suppes Past President Read more about Trisha Suppes ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Trisha-Suppes_250x250.webp) Current Appointments Past President Contact InformationNorth America ## Trisha Suppes *Trisha Suppes, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Director of the Bipolar and Depression Research Program at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in Palo Alto, California. Her areas of expertise and research include long-term treatment strategies for bipolar disorder and treatment of bipolar and major depression. She also has interest in the use of complementary medicine for the management of mood disorders. Among her research on mood disorders, Dr. Suppes’ work on lithium discontinuation in the early 1990s changed the way psychiatrists approach the treatment of bipolar disorder leading to the recommendation for patients with bipolar I disorder ongoing treatment is appropriate. More recent work on mixed hypomania contributed to the changes in DSM-5 on mixed states.* *Dr. Suppes currently serves as the President for the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. She previously served two terms as the Secretary and Treasurere of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. Dr. Suppes was a member of Mood Disorders workgroup and chair of the Bipolar Disorders subcommittee of the APA Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5). She also served as co-chair of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs/Department of Defense work group on treatment guidelines for bipolar disorder. Additionally, she is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and several editorial boards. She has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Suppes was named by Thomson Reuters in 2014, as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”. This distinction is given by publishing the largest number of articles that rank among those most frequently cited by researchers globally in 21 broad fields of science and social science during the previous decade.* *Before moving to Stanford in June 2008, Dr. Suppes was the Director of the Bipolar Disorders Research Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Suppes earned her BA in human biology at Stanford University in Stanford, California, her Ph.D. in anatomy/physiology at the University of California at Los Angeles, and her M.D. at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire. After graduating, she completed her residency in adult psychiatry at McLean Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Belmont, Massachusetts. Her postdoctoral fellowship in neurology was conducted at Stanford University School of Medicine, and her clinical fellowship in psychiatry was conducted at McLean Hospital at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. She also completed a fellowship in neuroscience at Harvard Medical School.* Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AVassilev-400x400.webp) ## Andrea Vassilev At-Large Director Read more about Andrea Vassilev ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AVassilev-400x400.webp) Current Appointments At-Large Director Contact InformationNorth America ## Andrea Vassilev Andrea Vassilev is a doctor of psychology with nearly 30 years’ experience living with bipolar. As a clinician/academic with lived experience, Dr. Vassilev brings a special perspective to both her professional and advocacy work. As a PWLE (person with lived experience), an outspoken advocate, and a psychology post-doctoral therapist specializing in bipolar, Dr. Vassilev is uniquely positioned to represent her community, bridge the gap between PWLE and professionals, and bring fresh ideas to the table for the betterment of the Society. In 2023, Dr. Vassilev joined the ISBD Psychological Interventions task force, was a contributing author on their position paper, and served on the ExE planning committee. She went on to co-chair the 2024 and 2025 ExE committees, working tirelessly to coordinate proposals, presenters, and international lived experience speakers. In 2023, Dr. Vassilev proposed a lived experience board position to engage this perspective in the Society in original and innovative ways. Her experience empowers her to understand the profound challenges faced by her community while her clinical knowledge equips her to translate those experiences into actionable insights for the Society. Dr. Vassilev, an award-winning mental health advocate, has long been committed to outreach work. She has been in Slate Magazine, bpHope, the LA Times, the International Bipolar Foundation, Bipolar UK, and many other outlets. She is also deeply committed to the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, having served on the Advisory Board and as Education Chair for the DBSA California and co-founding a peer support group for mental health clinicians with mood disorders. Dr. Vassilev serves on the Executive Committee for the WISE Initiative for Stigma Elimination. Her primary passion is the fight to eradicate stigma regarding mental health conditions and heal self-stigma in individuals living with these conditions. Dr. Vassilev created an original program to address self-stigma specifically in bipolar called Overcoming Self-Stigma in Bipolar Disorder ([www.ossibd.com](https://www.ossibd.com/)). The program, the first of its kind, is being deployed in clinics across the world and translated into multiple foreign languages. The first mixed methods RCT shows significant and enduring improvement across a range of outcomes including self-stigma and self-esteem. Dr. Vassilev is a therapist (registered psychological associate) in private practice in California, specializing in the psychological treatment of bipolar disorder. You can learn more about Dr. Vassilev at [www.andreavassilev.com](https://www.andreavassilev.com/) and keep up with her on her bipolar educational Instagram account @best.life.bipolar. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schley-400x400.webp) ## Sara Schley At-Large Director Read more about Sara Schley ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Schley-400x400.webp) Current Appointments At-Large Director Contact InformationNorth America ## Sara Schley I have lived with Bipolar II for over forty years. My first episode was at age 21 while I was a senior at Brown University who seemed to have it all. In what felt like a flip of a switch, it was as if an alien had abducted by brain. It was a tailspin into a living hell, and I was terrified. In the decades that followed, I suffered from a debilitating brain disorder. Like Persephone in the underworld, I was caught in the grip of a brutal force, a prisoner of the the darkness. I kept this mostly secret for forty years. I finally chose to tell my story – in a memoir, at ISBD, in a TEDx, and now a Documentary Film — to do three things: save lives, end the stigma, and maximize healing for all. Despite the vicissitudes of living with undiagnosed BD – it took 25 years to get my diagnosis of BD II — I have somewhat miraculously had a successful career of over 30 years as an international business sustainability consultant. I switched my focus in 2021 to become a full-time mental health advocate. My personal and professional mission now is to end the stigma, save lives and optimize healing for people living with bipolar. In addition to loving my family and taking maximum care of myself, this is now my full-time commitment. Towards this end, I have published a memoir, *BrainsStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum* in 2022. Dr. Holly Swartz, who had not yet met me at the time, called this the “Kay Jamison for BDII.” How did she know that was my aspiration. Along with my partner, Director Bonnie Waltch and a fabulous team of collaborators (Holly Swartz, Jim Phelps, Gregg Martin, Devika Bhushan to name a few), I am presently making an educational documentary called Brainstorm, that is inspired by my memoir of the same name. Through the privilege of conducting research for Brainstorm, we have interviewed over 30 scientists, many of the ISBD members, with a goal of transmitting cutting-edge bipolar science and breakthrough treatments to our audience. In addition to a full-lengh broadcast, Brainstorm will include several short films designed for specific target audiences by interest group (Parent, PCPs, etc.) as well as by content area (Circadian Rhythyms, Metabolic Psychiatry, etc.). I mention this because through the process, I have gained an overview of what is current in the field, what’s working, what’s not, and what’s on the horizon. Bottom line: there is hope! ISBD was and is my first professional affiliation in the world of bipolar disorders. I first told my story publically at the ISBD conference in 2021 when Dr. Holly Swartz and Dr. Trisha Suppes invited me to join them as an “Expert by Experience” in one of their sessions. The ISBD term “Expert by Experience” was and is healing in itself as was the opportunity to be witnessed and so well received in sharing both the pain and the hope in my story. In addition to ISBD, I presently work closely with CREST.BD (Dr. Erin Michalak) and BAN (Bipolar Action Network, Dr. Andy Nierenberg) and have positive working relationships with DBSA, IBPF, and Bipolar UK. I love to build partnerships and work in service of our common mission. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/RHuber-400x400.webp) ## Rebekah Huber At-Large Director Read more about Rebekah Huber ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/RHuber-400x400.webp) Current Appointments At-Large Director Contact InformationNorth America ## Rebekah Huber I am an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University, and I recently joined the Center for Mental Health Innovation to launch my research program focused on advancing evidence-based care and suicide prevention for youth with mood disorders. My interest in joining the Board stems from a desire to advocate for early and midcareer (EMC) voices and perspectives and to further ISBD’s vision of supporting the next generation of clinicians and researchers specializing in bipolar disorders. Serving on the ISBD Early and Mid-Career Committee (EMCC) has been a privilege; I am grateful for the opportunity to have been involved since its inception and was selected to co-lead during my second term. During my initial term on the EMCC, I led the needs survey initiative aimed at identifying professional and career development needs for EMC clinicians and researchers in the field of bipolar disorders. Through this initiative, I chaired the EMCC Needs Survey Workgroup and led the development of a survey to assess the barriers to and facilitators of career development experienced by EMC individuals. The survey was disseminated internationally in five languages and completed by 300 individuals across 6 continents. We published two papers to summarize the activities of the EMCC (Huber et al., 2022) and the needs survey results (Sperry et al., 2023) and presented a symposium at the 2023 ISBD Conference (Huber et al., 2023). Findings from the needs survey have laid the foundation for our Manifesto (Douglas et al., 2024), outlining future initiatives and activities to support EMCs (Jiménez-Pavón et al., 2024; Fries et al., 2024). I have also played a substantial role in the education and training initiative serving on the EMCC Conference Events Workgroup. We organized a mentoring workshop for the 2022 ISBD Conference featuring mentoring advice from Robert Post. The needs survey uncovered that EMCs faced challenges to the scientific writing and publishing, so we designed a workshop for the 2023 Conference that addressed components of publishing with insights from Professors Gin Malhi and Jair Soares. At the 2024 Conference, we hosted a grant writing workshop, which showcased experienced grant writers, reviewers, and representatives of funding agencies supporting bipolar disorder research. I am eager to continue expanding the education initiative by creating workshops, webinars, and resources to meet the training and education needs of EMC researchers and clinicians. My vision for the EMCC aligns seamlessly with the strategic objectives of the ISBD Board, aiming to enhance the organization’s capacity to support EMC researchers and clinicians. As a member of the ISBD Board of Directors, I will champion initiatives to broaden the reach and impact of these efforts including advocating for increased global representation to engage and support a diverse range of EMCs. I will continue to elicit feedback as a Board member to ensure that we are meeting the needs of EMCs in the field. I am eager to continue collaborating with EMCC members and stakeholders to drive forward our shared mission. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Chad-Daversa-400x400.webp) ## Chad Daversa Executive Director Read more about Chad Daversa ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Chad-Daversa-400x400.webp) Current Appointments Executive Director Contact Information [+1 412 880-3792](tel:+14128803792)USA ## Chad Daversa I have had the privilege of working with the dedicated membership and staff of ISBD since 2002, only a few years following the organization’s incorporation. As such, I have grown professionally and personally with this Society and have been able to witness the intense loyalty and commitment of our members, many of whom have given the nearly a quarter of a century of time an expertise to the ISBD. My passion for the mission of the Society has grown over the years as a function of my involvement in all aspects of the organization, including the task forces, conferences, chapters, awards, and early-mid career programs. In the early years, I supported the first ISBD task force on Diagnosis Guidelines and helped organize the ISBD’s involvement in the advocacy day and membership meetings held in conjunction with the International Conference on Bipolar Disorder (ICBD), prior to the establishment of ISBD’s first true standalone meeting in Edinburgh in 2006. At the time, I recall many in the Society wondering if the meeting, running in the alternate years to the ICBD meetings, would gain enough traction to be a success. Since then, I have worked on every ISBD Annual Conference and have seen them grow to become what might be considered the preeminent international meeting on bipolar disorder. I very much see my role in the Society as facilitating the success of others in the Society, and I am proud to offer support to our board and membership in achieving so many of our goals over the past 20+ years. I can personally attest to the growth of many who have been recipients of the Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Awards, many of whom now serve in leadership roles within the Society. This is personally meaningful to me as I had the distinct honor of being mentored in the role of Executive Director by Dr. Gershon, and seeing the legacy of these Awards bear fruit in bolstering the careers of so many talented bipolar disorder clinicians and researchers is an inspiration. Since that time, I have had the opportunity learn and grow from many in the Society’s leadership, and I look forward to seeing the organization through to the next stage in its evolution. Prev Next ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MGM_crop-376x400.jpg) ## Mary Miller Program Manager Read more about Mary Miller ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MGM_crop-376x400.jpg) Current Appointments Program Manager Contact Information USA ## Mary Miller Prev Next --- ### [European Alliance](https://www.isbd.org/europeanalliance/) **Published:** August 6, 2026 **Author:** Chad Daversa **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-chapters.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/EUAlliance-1.jpg "banner-default") # ISBD European Bipolar Alliance Focused on uniting European ISBD members to address regional concerns ## Meet the European Alliance Leads The European Bipolar Alliance was conceived by Professor Annemiek Dols in her capacity as ISBD European Regional Board Director to bring together European ISBD members and chapter representatives to enhance cooperation and collaboration with each other and as a means to provide European perspectives and input to the larger ISBD community. The Alliance is current led by Professor Dols and Professor Kamilla Miskowiak. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Dols-2019.png)Prof. Annemiek Dols ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Kamilla_web.png)Prof. Kamilla Miśkowiak ### Alliance Member Countries ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Denmark.jpg) Denmark View Image 1: Denmark ![Flag of Italy: vertical green, white, and red stripes from left to right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Italy-flag.webp) Italy View Image 2: Flag of Italy: vertical green, white, and red stripes from left to right. ![Vertical tricolor flag of France: blue, white, and red bands from left to right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/France-flag.webp) France View Image 3: Vertical tricolor flag of France: blue, white, and red bands from left to right. ![Horizontal black-red-gold tricolor flag representing Germany.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Germany-flag.webp) Germany View Image 4: Horizontal black-red-gold tricolor flag representing Germany. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Netherlands.jpeg) The Netherlands View Image 5: The Netherlands ![Flag of Norway: red field with a white-edged blue Nordic cross.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Norway-flag.webp) Norway View Image 6: Flag of Norway: red field with a white-edged blue Nordic cross. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Spain.jpeg) Spain View Image 7: Spain ![Swiss flag: white cross centered on a red field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Switzerland-flag.webp) Switzerland View Image 8: Swiss flag: white cross centered on a red field. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Turkey.jpeg) Turkey View Image 9: Turkey ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp) United Kingdom View Image 10: Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Iceland-scaled.jpg) Iceland View Image 11: Iceland ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Portugal.jpg) Portugal View Image 12: Portugal **Members**: Allan Young, Andrea Fagiolini, Annemiek Dols, Benno Haarman, Cagdas Eker, Cecilie Busch, Gonçalo Cotovio, Deniz Ceylan, Eduard Vieta, Eline Regeer, Giovanna Fico, Giuseppe Delvecchio, Gregor Hasler, Guðmunda ‘Mynte’ Arnardóttir, Hélène Richard-Lepouriel, Kamilla Miskowiak, Ketil Ødegaard, Lars Kessing, Laura Palagini, Maj Vinberg, Manon Hillegers, Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, Marion Leboyer, Michael Bauer, Nadja N.C. Stehlin, Neşe Yorguner, Ole Andreassen, Ophelia Godin, Paolo Brambilla, Philipp Ritter, Rebecca Strawbridge, Richard Wesseloo, Thomas Richardson, Tineke Mollema, Vesile Senturk Cankorur, Vigdis E.G. Syrstad ## Working Groups The newly introduced working groups allow the members of the group to focus on their areas of expertise and to distribute the work across multiple groups working in parallel, ensuring that all working groups not only carry out meaningful work but also produce outputs that are visible to the wider community (e.g., through publications or shared resources). ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/lists-icon1.svg) ### Learning Health Systems **Leads:** Annemiek Dols (the Netherlands), Maria Faurholt-Jepsen (Denmark) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/lists-icon2.svg) ### Guidelines & Best Practices **Leads:** Lars Vedel Kessing (Denmark), Thomas Richardson (UK) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/lists-icon3.svg) ### Cognitive Screening **Leads:** Kamilla Miśkowiak (Denmark), Philipp Ritter (Germany) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/lists-icon4.svg) ### Education and Training **Leads:** Eline Regeer (The Netherlands), Paolo Brambilla (Italy) ## Interested in Learning More About the ISBD European Bipolar Alliance ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) ### Email Landing Page If you want to keep up on the latest activities of the European Alliance, you can join our email landing page by clicking here (coming soon). Information will include announcements pertaining to scientific output of the Alliance as well as updates from the various working groups described above. ### Membership in the Alliance Before Applying for membership in the Alliance, please review the following Membership Requirements [Memo](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Alliance_Memo.pdf "Alliance_Memo"). Applicants for the ISBD European Alliance should hold active ISBD membership and submit the following materials to to apply. - Curriculum Vitae (CV) - A Cover letter describing how you intend to contribute to the Alliance, including identification of the working group(s) you are interested in joining, will be required. - A letter of support/recommendation recommended for early to mid-career researchers Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; we will try to review within 2 weeks, but final decision may take up to 1 month. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) --- ### [EMCC Resources](https://www.isbd.org/emcc-resources/) **Published:** April 30, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EMCC-Banner.avif "carousel-banner-shadows") # Early Mid-Career Resources The resources below are intended to provide early and mid-career researchers links to potential funders, networks and educational articles to support career advancement in the field of biplar disorders. ![Silhouetted businesspeople shaking hands with a city skyline overlaid, symbolizing partnership and collaboration.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Globallink.webp) ## Conference Resources The EMCC has held a number of workshops and networking activities over the past few years. Below is a selection of resources from these meetings. ## ISBD EMCC Conference Take Home Points and Tip Sheets ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) ### EMCC Conference Activities The EMCC has focused its activities in areas identified in its original needs survey, according, the areas of focus for these educational sessions have been focused on getting published, grant writing and networking. Resources are listed at right. ### Workshops and Networking Sessions 2023 Publishing Workshop Summary [2024 Grant Writing Workshop Tip Sheet](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EMCCGrantTips.pdf) [2025 Networking Workshop Tip Sheet](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EMCC-2025-Networking-Tip-Sheet.pdf) [2025 Networking Sessions Findings](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ISBD_EMCC_CoP_Summary_Report.pdf) [2026 Navigating Career Transitions Workshop Tip Sheet](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-Workshop-Tip-Sheet.pdf "2026 Workshop Tip Sheet") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) ## Join Our Community of Practice The EMCC hosts a Community of Practice (CoP) on the Slack platform. The CoP is a hub for both members and non-members to meet, share resources, learning and camaraderie. The CoP hosted two information webinars on the CoP in 2025, which are accessible[ here](#COP). Check out activity from our main Slack channel below. If you would like to join us on Slack, click the following link to sign up for an account. A video explaining how to use Slack is also provided [here](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/blfha4kq05k4akmdrdsrg/CoP-Training-Video.mp4?rlkey=cf4mtnj515ywk3ask24ciq324&st=ax6ksim6&dl=0 "here"). [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-tertiary-hover-arrow.svg)Join our community on Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/isbdemcc/shared_invite/zt-3gmhz5c0i-07fAdXs_HkW2IjQs8zifVw) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Welcome.jpg) ## CoP Launch Webinars The webinars below were presented by the EMCC as part of the launch of the community of practice. **CoP Event 1** **CoP Event 2** --- ### [Annual Conference](https://www.isbd.org/annual-conference/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-banner-mobile.webp "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/anual-banner-shadows-mobile.webp "banner-default") # 28TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR BIPOLAR DISORDERS ## September 28-30, 2026 | Vancouver, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-intro-bg-1.webp "annual-intro-bg") ## Thank You to Those That Joined Us in Vancouver for the 28th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders! The Annual Conference offered delegates an opportunity to hear from an impressive lineup of keynote speakers in 6 presentations, participate in interactive workshops, attend dozens of parallel symposia, including our track featuring experts with lived experience, 2 poster sessions, rapid orals and more. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-intro-callout-bg.webp "task-intro-bg") ## The 28th International Conference of the ISBD was held from September 28th to 30th at the Westin Bayshore Vancouver and had over 700 attendees from countries around the globe. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)CME Information](https://conta.cc/4yiFlKQ) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-submissions-bg.webp "task-intro-bg") ## Submissions Symposia Session & ExE Symposia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/navpills-submitions.webp) ### All submissions are now CLOSED. Late abstracts are not being considered. All notification letters for submissions have been sent. If you did not receive a notification, please check your spam folder for an email from ISBD@Parthenonmgmt.com. Poster guidelines and printing and mounting instructions as well as additional presenter information can be found [here](https://isbd.societyconference.com/v2/#card/custom_3 "here"). Symposia and Workshop Speakers who have their session accepted will be eligible for a reduced registration fee. Regrettably, no financial assistance can be provided for travel or other expenses. Interactive Workshop ### All submissions are now CLOSED. Late abstracts are not being considered. All notification letters for submissions have been sent. If you did not receive a notification, please check your spam folder for an email from ISBD@Parthenonmgmt.com. Poster guidelines and printing and mounting instructions as well as additional presenter information can be found [here](https://isbd.societyconference.com/v2/#card/custom_3 "here"). New & Trending Oral/Poster Abstracts### All submissions are now CLOSED. Late abstracts are not being considered. All notification letters for submissions have been sent. If you did not receive a notification, please check your spam folder for an email from ISBD@Parthenonmgmt.com. Poster guidelines and printing and mounting instructions as well as additional presenter information can be found [here](https://isbd.societyconference.com/v2/#card/custom_3 "here"). Early-Mid Career Travel Awards supported by the Baszucki Group### **2026 Early- Mid-Career Travel Award support**All submissions are now CLOSED. Late abstracts are not being considered. All notification letters for submissions have been sent. **APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THE 2026 EMC TRAVEL AWARDS** With the generous support of the Baszucki Group, ISBD is pleased to be able to offer a number of awards to support travel to the ISBD 2026 Vancouver Meeting for early- mid-career individuals who have accepted poster or new and trending oral presentations. New for this year, several of these Awards are being offered for those doing work at the intersection of metabolic psychiatry and bipolar disorders. In addition, consistent with ISBD’s goal to expand global access to our Annual Meeting, a number of these Awards will be reserved for individuals from low/middle income countries. As the Awards are now closed, we will announce the winners during the Awards Ceremony in Vancouver. ## Program Overview### Overview The 2026 program will launch with an opening ceremony at 8:00 AM on Monday, September 28th and end after the last round of concurrent sessions at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, September 30th. The program includes 6 Keynote talks, 30+ parallel symposia, 6 rapid orals, 3 satellite symposia, and 2 poster sessions. Special events include our EMCC networking session, Women’s Initiative session, and Awards Ceremony. Running throughout the program is our ever-popular ExE track, featuring the voices of those with lived experience. [Click here for the full program](https://isbd.societyconference.com/conf/#sessions/conf10007) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-conference-registration-bg.webp "task-intro-bg") ## Registration Registration Rate Information### Registration for the 2026 Annual Conference is closed. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Registration](https://isbd.societyconference.com/v2/#card/registration) #### REGISTRATION RATE INFORMATION: Registration rates for attendees are based on the attendee’s current country of residence. [Click here to view the area country classifications (based on the World Bank Country classifications)](https://pmg.joynadmin.org/documents/1045/659c179523113954115e0a52.pdf "Click here to view the area country classifications (based on the World Bank Country classifications)"). Attendees still in training qualify for a lower registration rate regardless of current residence (verification of student status is required during the registration process). ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-tab-table.webp) \*Student/Resident/Trainee/Postdocs must be currently enrolled in school or a training program. Students must provide a current student ID that clearly indicates their student status or letter from their training director to verify their registration status. If your institution ID does not clearly identify you as a student, please submit a letter from your director. \*\*Early Career is defined as up to 4 years out of training. Those wishing to register in the early career category must submit a current CV to verify eligibility. \*\*\*Mid Career is defined as between 5-8 years out of training. Those wishing to register in the mid career category must submit a current CV to verify eligibility. \*\*\*\*Those that are a part of an accepted symposia or workshop \*\*\*\*\*Those with lived experience of bipolar disorder, as well as their caregivers, supporters, and advocates may qualify for a reduced registration rate. Please contact to inquire about eligibility. Group Registrations: Group registrations can be made through the system. [For instructions on how to register a group, click here. ](https://pmg.joynadmin.org/documents/1045/6973a88055689f600e7b9eb2.pdf) **Cancellation Policy:** The deadline to cancel a registration for a partial refund is August 14, 2026. Cancellations made before this date are subject to a $100 cancellation fee. Any cancellations received after the deadline are not eligible for a refund. Cancellations must be received in writing at . In the unlikely event that the conference is cancelled, travel and accommodation costs will not be refunded. Receipt issued by Parthenon Management Group from email on behalf of International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Hotel AccommodationsThe 2026 Annual Conference will be held at the Westin Bayshore Vancouver. For information on getting to the hotel, parking, etc., please visit the [Westin Bayshore website](https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/yvrwi-the-westin-bayshore-vancouver/overview/?msockid=032a85cd626d6dfa37cf924563d96cd9 "Westin Bayshore website"). Westin Bayshore Vancouver 1601 Bayshore Drive Vancouver, British Columbia V6G 2V4 Canada The deadline to reserve your accommodations at the group rate has passed. Perfectly placed between the snow-capped North Shore mountains and the calm waters of Coal Harbour, The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver is a one-of-a-kind urban resort on the waterfront. Steps from Stanley Park and just minutes from the city centre, our downtown Vancouver hotel invites you to unwind in a setting that blends natural beauty with cosmopolitan convenience. In addition to the convention space, highlights include year-round indoor and outdoor pools, cedar barrel saunas, and state-of-the-art fitness facilities. ![Harborfront cityscape with the Westin hotel and boats docked along a calm river at dusk.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Westin-Pics.webp) Vancouver Travel InformationEntry requirements vary from country to country. Before you travel, understand what you need to enter Canada, including any visas, electronic authorizations, and/or your biometrics. [Click here to review the entry requirements for traveling to Canada.](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/entry-requirements-country.html) Please be advised that attendees needing to secure a visa to travel to Canada should plan ahead and start the process early. Processing times for some countries of origin are longer than others. To check application processing times, visit the [Canadian Government website here.](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/check-processing-times.html) ISBD will provide letters of invitation for Visa applications if necessary for registered attendees once registration opens. [Click here for a list of countries that require visas to enter Canada](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/entry-requirements-country.html#visaRequired) [Click here for a list of visa exempt travelers that require an eTA to travel to Canada](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/entry-requirements-country.html#visaExempt) [Click here to review possible reasons for being denied entry to Canada](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/inadmissibility/reasons.html) [Explore Vancouver Destination Guide](https://www.destinationvancouver.com/explore-vancouver/things-to-do) ## CME Continuing Education Information### Continuing Education The 2026 Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders will offer continuing education credits for physicians and psychologists. Click the Accreditation Statement tab on the left to see details. Attendees received an email with instructions on how to apply for credits. The deadline to apply is October 30, 2026. Joint Accreditation Statement**Joint Accreditation Statement** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/JA-Logo_sm.jpg)In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and International Society for Bipolar Disorder. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Amedco Joint Accreditation Provider Number: 4008163 Professions in scope for this activity are listed below. **Physicians** Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 19.25 *AMA PRA Category 1 Credits*™** for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. **Psychologists** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/APA-Logo.jpg)This course is co-sponsored by Amedco and International Society for Bipoloar Disorder. Amedco is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Amedco maintains responsibility for this program and content. Maximum of 19.25 hours. *The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Psychologists/Counselors: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, ME, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY MA: Accepts APA for all classes of psychology license; does not accept APA for licensed counselors (LMHC, LMFT, etc.) except LEP. MD: Does not accept Jointly Accredited content. MI: Accepts courses from APA for Psychologists. No general CE requirement for Counselors. OK: Accepts APA credit for live, in-person activities but not for ethics and/or online courses. The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for MFTs: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NE, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WDC, WI, WY AL MFTs: Credits authorized by NBCC or any other state licensing agency will be accepted. MA MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review. MI MFTs: There are no CE requirements for MFTs in MI. The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Addictions Professionals: AK, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY (held outside NY ONLY), OK\*, OR, SC, UT, WA, WI, WY The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Social Workers: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KY, ME, MN, MO, NE, NH, NM, OR, PA, VT, WI, WY* **Nurse Practitioners** The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) recognizes the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as approved accreditors and allow reciprocity for AANPCP continuing education credit. **New York Psychologists** Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0031. 19.25 hours. **Physician Assistants** The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that *AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™* are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification for PAs. Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 19.25 *AMA PRA Category 1 Credits*™**. PAs should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. ## Want to Sponsor? ISBD welcomes companies and organizations that would like to sponsor the 2026 Conference. We are pleased to offer a wide range of sponsorship opportunities such as tiered packages with complimentary registration fees, satellite symposia add-ons, exhibition, and travel award sponsorships that can be customized to help you meet your goals. Join over 700 attendees for a not-to-be-missed conference featuring some of the biggest names in bipolar research. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-tertiary-hover-arrow.svg)Click here to view the 2026 Sponsorship Prospectus to see the available opportunities.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ISBD-2026-Sponsorship-Prospectus.pdf) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-sponsor.webp) ## See Past Conferences in Action ISBD Conferences consistently receive high marks for meeting educational objectives and offer an opportunity for stimulating sidebar discussions with colleagues, sometimes leading to new collaborations. The social events and functions never disappoint and give everyone a chance to enjoy rich cultural experiences while catching up with old friends and meeting new colleagues. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-carousel-img-active.webp) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-carousel-img-2.webp) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-carousel-img-1.webp) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-share-bg.webp "annual-share-bg") ********Share With Your Colleagues******** ## Access slides, flyers, email signature banners, and video conference backgrounds to promote your participation in the ISBD Conference to your colleagues. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Marketing Kit](https://www.isbd.org/marketing-kit/) --- ### [For Members](https://www.isbd.org/for-members/) **Published:** May 5, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD-Membership.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # For Members ## Why Join ISBD? Hear directly from a member! ISBD membership is more than a list of benefits. In a series of sit-down interviews with ISBD members at the ISBD 2023 Chicago Meeting, they discuss what draws them to the Society and the value they see in membership. We will be updating this page (see below) with a different video from each of these members every few months over the coming year. Professor Erin Michalak, ISBD’s Vice President for Outreach, shares her view on why she is a member and the value of membership in the Society below. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Login portal](#neon-login) --- ### [Join the Membership](https://www.isbd.org/join-the-membership/) **Published:** April 29, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD-Membership.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Join the Membership ## Levels and Dues If you live with bipolar disorder or are a family member or care partner, please contact [Mary Miller](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=Lived%20Experience%20Membership%20Inquiry%20) directly to inquire about membership. [Professional Membership](#section-1) [Early & Mid Career Membership](#section-2) [Trainee Membership](#section-3) [Retiree Membership](#section-4) [Lifetime Membership](#section-5) ### Professional Membership We now have two categories: Medical Doctor and Mental Health Professional (non MD) **High Income Countries:** $375 Medical Doctor $225 Mental Health Professional (non MD) **Middle and Low Income Countries:** $225 Medical Doctor $100 Mental Health Professional (non MD) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Join](https://secure.isbd.org/np/clients/isbd/membershipJoin.jsp) ### Early & Mid Career Membership **High Income Countries:** $225 Mid Career – 5 to 8 years immediately following program completion $125 Early Career – up to 4 years immediately following program completion **Middle and Low Income Countries:** $165 Mid Career – 5 to 8 years immediately following program completion $100 Early Career – up to 4 years immediately following program completion [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Join](https://secure.isbd.org/np/clients/isbd/membershipJoin.jsp) ### Trainee Membership Trainee level is for those who are currently in school. We reserve the right to request evidence of trainee level $50 – All Countries [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Join](https://secure.isbd.org/np/clients/isbd/membershipJoin.jsp) ### Retiree Membership Provided to those that are age 65+ regardless of work status $100 – All Countries [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Join](https://secure.isbd.org/np/clients/isbd/membershipJoin.jsp) ### Lifetime Membership One-time payment of $3,750 A lifetime membership is more than just receipt of membership benefits for life in the Society. The lifetime membership dues are added to our strategic operating reserve (SOR) investment account and used to support mission critical investments that occur outside of normal budgetary expenses. In fact, this website was developed using funds from the SOR. When you purchase a lifetime membership, you are truly making an actual investment in the Society and its capacity to carry out its mission. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Join](https://secure.isbd.org/np/clients/isbd/membershipJoin.jsp) --- ### [Task Force Membership Application](https://www.isbd.org/task-force-membership-application/) **Published:** October 7, 2026 **Author:** Mary Miller **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/shutterstock_2678713123-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Task Force Membership Application Form ## Task Force Membership Application This form is for application to join an active ISBD Task Force. Applicants are permitted to submit separate applications if these choose to apply to more than one Task Force. IMPORTANT – Not all Task Forces are currently accepting new members. All Task Force rosters are balanced on several factors including gender, career, and geographic balance. All Chairs and Co-Chairs of each Task Force are responsible for reviewing applications. Sending this information is not a guarantee that you will be added to the task force roster and each task force chair will make the final decision. Applicants must include a CV that demonstrates expertise or relevant work in the topic area of the Task Force they are applying for. ALL TASK FORCE MEMBERS MUST BE MEMBERS OF ISBD. All Task Force members are required to maintain ISBD membership throughout their participation on a Task Force. If you have any questions, please email Mary Miller, MSW at marym@isbd.org. 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Submit --- ### [Annual Conference Sponsors](https://www.isbd.org/supporting-corporations/) **Published:** May 5, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2026-Conference-Banner2-scaled.jpg "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Conference Sponsors ## Thank You to All Our Supporters ISBD would like to thank the sponsors and philanthropic partners of the 2026 ISBD Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada ## PLATINUM SPONSOR ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AbbVie-Logo_Blue_No-Background_750.png)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bms_logo_150_rgb_pos.png)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/JNJ_Logo_SingleLine_Red_RGB_750.png) ## GOLD SPONSOR ![Alkermes brand logo.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Untitled-design-5-1.webp)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ALMATICA-sm.png) ## SILVER SPONSOR ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/OTSUKA_LUNDBECK_NEW_Logos_CMYK.png) ## ADDITIONAL SPONSORS ![Johnson & Johnson logo in red cursive lettering on a white background, with a subtle black shadow behind the text.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/JJ_Logo_SingleLine_Red_RGB.webp) ## PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS ![Logo displaying BASZUCKI GROUP in blue uppercase letters, with a thin brown stripe and a gray line separating the two word segments.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/BaszuckiGroup_298x75.webp) ## ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/BD2_Logo_RGB_Horizontal-_298.png) ## EXHIBITORS ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AbbVie-Logo_Blue_No-Background_750.png) View Image 1 ![Alkermes brand logo.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Untitled-design-5-1.webp) View Image 2: Alkermes brand logo. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bms_logo_150_rgb_pos.png) View Image 3 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CREST-Colour-Transparent-Logo-scaled.png) View Image 4: EXHIBITOR ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DaymarkFoundation_Logo-B_RGB.png) View Image 5: EXHIBITOR ![University of Michigan logo with a banner reading Heinz C. 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Prechter Bipolar Research Program, Michigan Medicine ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/JNJ_Logo_SingleLine_Red_RGB_750.png) View Image 7: EXHIBITOR ## INDUSTRY SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM Be sure to mark your calendar to join us for these industry sponsored satellite symposia during the Annual Conference. **Please note these sessions are not a part of the ISBD CME program and not eligible for education hours.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/JNJ_Logo_SingleLine_Red_RGB_750.png) **Monday,** **September 28 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM** ### Industry Satellite Symposium Session sponsored by Johnson & Johnson: Advancing Care in Bipolar Disorder: Integrating New Treatment Options Into Practice Chair: Dr. Lakshmi Yatham Speakers: Dr. Michael Berk and Dr. Allan H. Young ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bms_logo_150_rgb_pos.png)PLATINUM SPONSOR & EXHIBITOR **Tuesday,** **September 29 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM** ### **Disease Education Satellite Symposium Sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb:** *Rethinking Bipolar Disorder: Mechanistic Insights Informing Emerging Treatment Strategies* Speaker: Dr. Lakshmi Yatham and Dr. Eduard Vieta ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AbbVie-Logo_Blue_No-Background_750.png) **Wednesday,** **September 30 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM** ### **Industry Satellite Symposium Sponsored by Abbvie:** *Beyond Symptoms in Mood Disorders: Innovation and Real-World Outcomes* Speakers: Dr. Lakshmi Yatham and Dr. Manpreet Kaur Singh ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) --- ### [Board Nominations Form](https://www.isbd.org/bnf/) **Published:** September 1, 2026 **Author:** Chad Daversa **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/shutterstock_2678713123-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # 2027 Board Nominations Form ##### **NOMINATION DEADLINE: October 16th, 2026 @ 11:59PM Eastern Time** #### NOMINATION CONDITIONS (Read Before Completing This Form) Nominations are subject to review by the ISBD Governance Committee to ensure they do not present a conflict of interest, conform to term limits and nomination procedures, and are in alignment with the position/office for which they are being nominated prior to appearing on the ballot. Please also note the following before making your nomination. - Vacancies for all positions are for a 3-year term running from January 1st, 2027, to December 31st, 2029. - **Self-nomination is not allowed**. - You must be a current ISBD member to make a nomination. - A nominee must be a current ISBD member. - ISBD encourages nominations spanning all career levels and representing our diverse membership, including people of all races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, ages, gender identities, sexual orientations, and disabilities. - *All decisions regarding the nominee appearing on the final ballot will be made by the Governance Committee in consultation with the ISBD Board and will be final*. ## ISBD Board Nominations Form Δ ### NOMINEE'S INFORMATION IMPORTANT: Nominee’s Must Be ISBD Members! Nominee Name(Required) First Last Nominee's Institution(Required) Nominee's Country(Required) Nominee's Email(Required) Nominee's CV(Required)Max. file size: 2 GB. BOARD POSITION:(Required)Please indicate which position the nominee should be considered for below. Please complete a separate form for each nomination. Treasurer Vice-President Research Vice-President Outreach European Regional Director Latin American Regional Director Oceania Regional Director ### YOUR INFORMATION Use this Section to input Your Information Your Name(Required) First Last Your Membership Number (login to ISBD website to obtain)(Required) Your Letter of Support (Must be Signed by You & 2 Additional ISBD Members)(Required)This letter should detail why this nominee would be a good fit for the specific board role, including academic or professional experience, skills, awards, membership history with ISBD, service on ISBD committees, task forces etc., or any other information you believe may be relevant to support this nomination. You must include names and signatures of 2 people, in addition to yourself, who endorse the candidate in the signature line of the letter. 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Date(Required) Month Day Year Submit --- ### [Related Conferences](https://www.isbd.org/related-conferences/) **Published:** April 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Knowledge-Center-smaller.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Related Conferences \*\*Please click on banner for more details of each event ## June 2026 RSA (Research Society on Alcohol) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/RSA-2026-Banner-FINAL.webp)](https://researchsocietyonalcohol.org/2026-meeting/) ## September 2026 Flux Congress (The Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Flux-2026-Congress-Banner.webp)](https://fluxsociety.org/2026-la-jolla/) ## October 2026 43rd International Conference on Advances in Psychiatry and Mental Health [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/neurology_conf_2026_newlocation.webp)](https://neurologyconf.com/psychiatry/) ## June 2027 22nd International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/escap_banner_2027.jpg)](https://escap2027.eu/) ### If you have an event you would like to share, please contact Mary Miller () --- ### [Chronobiology and Chronotherapy of Bipolar Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/chronobiology-and-chronotherapy-of-bipolar-disorders/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # Chronobiology and Chronotherapy of Bipolar Disorders ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") **We are a group of clinicians, academicians, and researchers committed to the study of rhythmic dysfunction in bipolar disorders and to the application of this chronobiologic knowledge to rhythm-modifying treatments effective for this illness. We have completed three important and substantive reviews in this area, one on chronotherapeutic treatments, another on chronobiologic assessment methods, and a third on the chronobiology of bipolar disorder proper. Our current work is focusing on several projects directed at dissemination and education of this information to mental health professionals and individuals with affective illness.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## Objectives 1. To promote the chronobiologic study of bipolar disorders. 2. To support the development of effective chronotherapeutic treatments for bipolar disorders. 3. To educate the lay public, individuals with this illness, and mental health professionals on the clinical implementation of chronotherapeutic approaches. 4. To provide a forum for specialists in this area to share their work and obtain constructive input on clinical and research ideas. 5. To foster collaboration with outside organizations, with other ISBD Task Forces, and with patient advocacy groups. ## Leads ![Smiling blonde woman with blue eyes in a blue top, outdoor urban background.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ChronoTF_TEGHenriksen.webp)Tone E. G. Henriksen, Norway ![Professional headshot of a smiling man wearing round glasses and a dark blazer.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ChronoTF_DSmith.webp)Daniel Smith, United Kingdom ## Members of Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Lauren Alloy, USA ![Horizontal black-red-gold tricolor flag representing Germany.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Germany-flag.webp)Michael Bauer, Germany ![Vertical tricolor flag of France: blue, white, and red bands from left to right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/France-flag.webp)Frank Bellivier, France ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Hilary Blumberg, USA ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Joanne Carpenter, Australia ![Red flag with a 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white cross centered on a red field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Switzerland-flag.webp)Corrado Garbazza, Switzerland ![Vertical tricolor flag of France: blue, white, and red bands from left to right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/France-flag.webp)Pierre Geoffroy, France ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Namni Goel, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Alexandra Gold, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Robert Gonzalez, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)John Gottlieb, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Benno Haarman, Netherlands ![Vertical tricolor flag of France: blue, white, and red bands from left to right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/France-flag.webp)Vincent Hennion, France ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white 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J. Crouse, V. Loblay, A. Jorm, et al., “ *Essential Information About Chronobiology and Chronotherapy for the Optimal Care of People With Bipolar Disorders: An Expert Consensus*,” [*Bipolar Disorders* 28, no. 5 (2026): e70141](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.70141) #### 2025 Geoffroy PA, Palagini L, Henriksen TEG, Bourgin P, Garbazza C, Gronfier C, Esaki Y, Fernandez DC, Lam RW, Lee HJ, Lejoyeux M, Maruani J, Martiny K, Murray G, Riemersma-Van Der Lek RF, Ritter P, Schulte PFJ, Smith DJ, Terman M, Zeitzer JM, Sit DK. Light therapy for bipolar disorders: Clinical recommendations from the international society for bipolar disorders (ISBD) Chronobiology and Chronotherapy Task Force. Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2025 Dec;27(1):249-264. [Epub 2025 Jul 24. PMID: 40705857; PMCID: PMC12291220](). #### 2022 McCarthy MJ, Gottlieb JF, Gonzalez R, et al. Neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of circadian rhythm disruption in bipolar disorder: A critical multi-disciplinary literature review and agenda for future research from the ISBD task force on chronobiology. [Bipolar Disord. 2022;24:232–263](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.13165). #### 2019 Gottlieb JF, Benedetti F, Geoffroy PA, et al. The chronotherapeutic treatment of bipolar disorders: A systematic review and practice recommendations from the ISBD task force on chronotherapy and chronobiology. 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Whenever possible, lived experience participation in ISBD programs will follow a co-production model. ## 2026-2028 LEC Co-chairs: **Sara Schley and Dr. Andrea Vassilev** Please visit [click here](http://www.isbd.org/our-board/) for bios Members: Patrick Boruett, Kenya![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/PBoruett_Headshot-400x350.jpg)**Location** Nakuru, Kenya **Short bio** I am pharmacist working as a public health specialist. I have a lived experience of bipolar disorder and founder of Bipolar Heroes Foundation, a not-for-profit organization. It brings together people with lived experience and caregivers to share experiences. **What inspires you to be an advocate?** I believe in creating a better environment through improved access to quality services to persons with lived experience. **What’s one goal you have for the LEC** My goal is to enhance the contributions of persons with lived experience in research. I look forward to deeper engagement of ISBD through the technical working group. **Social media:** Facebook and LinkedIn: Patrick Boruett Matthew Bushell, UK![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MBushell_headshot-225x400.jpg)**Location** Northampton, England **Short bio** Advocate, writer and speaker supporting people with Bipolar Disorder through lived experience, open dialogue, peer support, emotional fitness and therapeutic coaching. **Social media:** @yourbipolarcoach Lee Formella, USA![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/LFormella_Headshot1Crop-290x400.jpg)**Location** St. Paul, Minnesota, USA **Short bio** Since my diagnosis in 2016 (and finding a bipolar therapist 18 months later), my advocacy journey started with sharing my story for NAMI, which eventually led to working with the organization full time. I helped add multiple education programs, revamped social media and organized our NAMIWalks, raising $100,000 for the organization. Recently, I moved to Saint Paul and decided to take a side step back into the service industry; which provides more time to volunteer, pursue my passion and spend time with my family. I am a brother to three incredible siblings, uncle to 5 wonderful nieces and nephews, basketball coach, slow running ambassador and mentor. I love being in nature, cooking and finding great food, and spending as much time as possible with my family. With my therapist’s encouragement, I’ve recently enjoyed finding opportunities to socialize and have met so many people who have added so much perspective, love and support to my life. **What inspires you to be an advocate?** My grandfather is my original inspiration to be an advocate. There were hundreds of people at his funeral that no one in our family knew. It turns out they were all people that he had an helped, spoken to, or somehow made an impact in their recovery journey. Though he was gone by the time of my diagnosis, it is his determination, empathy and memory that drives my advocacy. Additionally, I was 33 at diagnosis which led to a lot of trauma, financial distress and pain that didn’t need to go on so long. It is my hope that advocacy will help others seek help sooner, find support and able to improve their lives in a meaningful way. **What’s one goal you have for the LEC** Working with the LEC has already fulfilled one of the goals; being a voice in the room where important conversations about how to treat and research bipolar disorder are held. My dream would for LEC members and others available for consulting with practitioners around the world who have questions related to living with bipolar disorder or need advice on how to communicate, connect with, and provide hope for those their clients living with a mental illness as complex as bipolar disorder. Bia Garbato, Brazil![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/BGARBATO_Headshot-400x400.jpg)**Location** São Paulo, Brazil **Short bio** I am a published writer, columnist, and public speaker with a background in advertising. I use my voice to advocate for bipolar disorder. In my book “Bipolar, sure. Crazy? Only when I feel like it.” (*working English title; English edition coming soon)*, I share, in a light-hearted and humorous way, my experience living with bipolar type 1 and how I learned to manage it. My mission is to raise awareness, support people living with the condition and those who care for them and also help fight the stigma surrounding it. **What inspires you to be an advocate?** I decided to publicly share my diagnosis and life history living with bipolar disorder to help break the idea that bipolar equals insanity and make sure others don’t feel as alone as I once did. **What’s one goal you have for the LEC** I would like to serve as a bridge between ISBD initiatives and people living with bipolar disorder. I also hope to contribute to ISBD projects from the perspective of someone with lived experience of bipolar disorder. **Social media:** Instagram @biagarbato Minami Kinouchi, Japan![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MKincouchi_Headshot-267x400.jpg)**Location** Nagoya, Japan **Short bio** Minami Kinouchi is a clinical psychologist and social worker based in Japan, with lived experience of bipolar disorder. She is affiliated with Nagoya University and is a former PhD candidate in psychiatry. She also serves as Vice Director of Bipolar Psychoeducation & Peer Support Online (BPPSO), where she develops and delivers online psychoeducation programs for people with bipolar disorder and their families. Through her work, she aims to bridge lived experience, peer support, and mental health research. **What inspires you to be an advocate?** Her lived experience has shown her that medication alone is often not enough for managing bipolar disorder. She believes that while clinicians can provide guidance, it is ultimately individuals themselves who put strategies into practice in their daily lives. This is something only people with lived experience can truly understand and carry out. She is motivated by the idea that there are many things individuals can do—such as maintaining daily rhythms and managing stimulation—to support their own stability. Through group psychoeducation, she values creating spaces where people can reflect on their own patterns, understand what supports their well-being, and learn how to prevent future relapse. **What’s one goal you have for the LEC** To amplify the voices of people with bipolar disorder in Japan and Asia, and to contribute to developing accessible, evidence-based psychoeducation and support on a global scale. She also hopes to advance research that connects people with lived experience of bipolar disorder across countries and cultures. Marylou Selo, USA![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MSelo_Headshot-267x400.jpg)**Location** New York, New York, USA **Short bio** I was born in Bolivia, grew up in Holland and studied in Geneva, Switzerland, and at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where I obtained my diploma as Conference Interpreter and Translator for Dutch, German, English, French, and Spanish. Since 1963 my main home has been New York City. I am still currently an internationally active free-lance conference interpreter. Since my diagnosis with bipolar illness in 1976, I have been a patient advocate in the United States and Europe. I am a co-founder of the Mood Disorder Support Group of New York, Inc. and of DBSA (then the NDMDA) headquartered in Chicago. I served as a Board Member of both organizations. Following the suicide of my Father in 1993, I also became active in suicide prevention and destigmatization of mental illness, serving as a Board Member of BBRF (Brain and Behavior Research Foundation) (previously NARSAD) and supported brain research. In 1994 I founded the Werner Alfred Selo Foundation in Zug, Switzerland, supporting research in the area of comorbidity of depression and headaches. With a group of fellow-patients I founded Equilibrium, the Self-Help Organization in Switzerland. I am a member of the ISBD and the bipolar societies of Switzerland, Austria and Germany and numerous other mental health organizations, task forces, and self-help groups around the world. I advocate for patient’s rights, visit self-help groups, write for various German newsletters and lecture at continued education classes for general practitioners. I also answer e-mails of patients and family members who contact me directly. I have been committed to the ISBD since its founding, and I promote ISBD wherever I can. In 2016, I was awarded the prestigious Mogens Schou Award for Advocacy from ISBD. I would be proud to become a formal Board Member of ISBD and contribute my international knowledge and experience as best I can. **What inspires you to be an advocate?** That patients get correct diagnosis and treatment and do not have to suffer the way I did. **What’s one goal you have for the LEC** To reduce the stigma of mental illness. Idan Spund, Netherlands![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ISpund_Headshot-398x400.jpg)**Location** Amsterdam, The Netherlands **Short bio** Hello from Amsterdam! I’m Idan. For the past decade, I have worked in online marketing as a business development and partnerships manager. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2009, and over time, my personal journey became an important part of my purpose. I facilitate an English-speaking bipolar support group in Amsterdam and contribute to workshops and psychoeducation. Today, I am a lived-experience advocate and the founder of In The Zone, which assists people with bipolar share early signals with their tribe so support can show up sooner.. **What inspires you to be an advocate?** What inspires me most is the power of human connection. I know how isolating bipolar disorder can sometimes feel, and I also know how much difference one supportive person can make.Advocacy allows me to turn lived experience into something useful for others. I want to help people feel less ashamed, more understood, and more confident about asking for support. **What’s one goal you have for the LEC** I would like us to create more opportunities for people from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds to be heard and involved. By bringing lived experience into research, education and, advocacy. ****Social media:**** LinkedIn: Website: Rahla Xenopoulos, USA![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/RXenopoulos_Headshot-400x400.jpg)**Location** Irvington, New York, USA **Short bio** I am a published author and public speaker originally from South Africa. I have authored numerous books and short stories, including: A MEMOIR OF LOVE AND MADNESS (Random House South Africa), and the novels BUBBLES (Penguin SA), TRIBE (Penguin SA) and THE SEASON OF GLASS (Penguin SA). My latest book, THE SEASON OF GLASS, was longlisted for South Africa’s SUNDAY TIMES Literary Prize. I am also an adjunct professor at Manhattanville College, where I presently am teaching the creative non-fiction master’s program. I have worked with both experienced writers and novices from all over the world, and many of my students have been published. I am a Fellow of The Royal Society of the Arts and a member of the International Bipolar Disorder Lived Experience Council. I live in New York with my husband, triplets and our ludicrous dog. **What inspires you to be an advocate?** I believe the greatest enemy of illness is ignorance; my quest for thirty years has been to openly write and talk about mental illness, hopefully reducing a little bit of stigma with each conversation. **What’s one goal you have for the LEC** I’m hoping to learn from other stories and possibly to share my own. --- ### [Donate](https://www.isbd.org/donate/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/donate-section-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Unlock the Potential of our Global Network of Professionals: Give Today We are proud to share what our community has accomplished together. ISBD fills a unique need within the landscape of mood disorders organizations; working with our members, we bring the collective and compounded wisdom of experts who cross geography, time, and culture to challenge assumptions and break down barriers that will lead to new discoveries and treatments for people living with bipolar disorder. Learn more about how your support can help us below. Some of the most talented people working in our field come to ISBD to make a difference in the lives of people who live with bipolar disorder: Help us help them succeed. Make a donation in any amount today; it’s fast, secure and easy. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Donate](https://secure.isbd.org/np/clients/isbd/donation.jsp?campaign=8) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/donate-providing-bg.webp "Donate Accordion Background") ## Providing a Brighter Future for Those Living with Bipolar Disorder We work everyday on behalf of all those impacted by bipolar disorder by providing: ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Book-Bookmark-Duotone-Streamline-Phosphor.svg) **20+ years of providing education and networking opportunities to thousands of bipolar researchers and clinicians through our annual conferences.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Graduation-Cap-Duotone-Streamline-Phosphor.svg) **Trainings, mentorship and networking to support junior colleagues via our Early Mid-Career Programs.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Handshake-Duotone-Streamline-Phosphor-1.svg) **Collaborative efforts to tackle of some of the most challenging problems in bipolar disorder treatment through our Task Forces.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Image-donate-gift-2.avif) ## Putting Your Gift to Work ISBD directs gifts where they are needed most, and has used past gifts to offset our investments in **Development of educational webinars and content available on our website** **Hosting one of the premier educational events in bipolar disorder** **Providing awards to cover registration and travel expenses to our Annual Meeting for early mid-career delegates and those with lived experience participating in the program.** **Facilitating global awareness through support and promotions of World Bipolar Day** For additional information on current ISBD programs, please see details from our Annual Report below: Donate FlipBook ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/donate-accordion-bg.avif "Donate Accordion Background") ## Other Ways to Donate Become a Lifetime MemberWhen you join at this level, your membership dues do a lot more than provide you with membership, they are added to a fund to support the strategic initiatives of the Society, including allowing us to make this website possible. Lifetime membership is giving back to this community and making the best of what we offer available to others. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-tertiary-hover-arrow.svg)ISBD Membership](https://www.isbd.org/join-the-membership/) Planned GivingDo you want to leave a legacy? Consider making a gift to the Society as part of your estate planning, see below for common ways to give. **Bequest** A bequest is a gift to the Society through your trust, will, or estate plan. You may choose a specific amount, a percentage, or a residual bequest. **Retirement Plan Assets** In some cases, retirement assets can be the most heavily taxed assets in an estate. Naming the ISBD as a beneficiary can avoid that taxation, enabling the asset to pass tax free to the ISBD. You may also make the ISBD a percentage beneficiary. **Life Insurance** Make a gift by naming the ISBD as a beneficiary in your life insurance policy. If you have any questions about how you can include the ISBD in your planned giving, please speak with your professional advisors or contact Chad Daversa at or [412-880-3792](tel:412-880-3792). If you have already included the ISBD in your estate planning, please notify us so that we may offer our gratitude, acknowledge your gift, and discuss your wishes. Donor Advised Fund (DAF)If you already have a donor advised fund, giving to ISBD is easy. Begin by simply logging into your sponsoring organization’s portal (e.g. Fidelity, Schwab, NPT, etc.), selecting the “Grant to Charity,” and entering International Society for Bipolar Disorders, our EIN, and our address, PO Box 396 Monroeville Blvd, Monroeville, PA 1546. If you are interested, please email us and we can provide the EIN to you. Employer MatchAsk your employer if they will match your gift, many will and this is an excellent way to expand the value of your donation. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/donate-callout.avif "callout-content-box-1094") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/donate-callout-gradient.avif "callout-content-box-1094") ## On Behalf of Those Living with Bipolar Disorder, Thank You. We greatly appreciate all contributions made to the ISBD in support of our mission. Your generosity provides opportunities for our professional community that in many cases would simply not be possible without your contribution. --- ### [About Us](https://www.isbd.org/about-us/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/about-us-banner-1.webp "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/BOD_Banner3-scaled.jpg "banner-default") # A Global Community Working Together for the Benefit of Those Living with Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/about-intro-bg.webp "about-intro-bg") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/about-intro-image.webp) ## The mission of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders is to foster international collaboration in education, research and clinical care to improve the lives of those with bipolar disorder and related conditions. The ISBD is motivated by and focused on real solutions to the challenges faced by those living with bipolar disorder. The Society embraces an open, collaborative approach to bipolar care that focuses on academic integrity, embraces diverse perspectives, and recognizes the value of lived experience. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/about-core-pillars-left-ellipse.svg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/about-core-pillars-right-ellipse.svg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/about-core-pillars-bg.webp "home-our-community-bg") ## Core Pillars ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/about-corepillars-icon1.svg)### Education The ISBD Annual Conference is the flagship event of the Society, which also supports education through live webinars and online resources. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/about-corepillars-icon2.svg)### Career Development Encouraging and supporting the next generation is critical; the Early Mid-Career Committee and Awards offerings are designed to address this need. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/about-corepillars-icon3.svg)### Collaboration ISBD Task Forces leverage worldwide collaboration to bring new perspectives and solutions to difficult problems in our field. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/about-corepillars-icon4.svg)### Outreach Chapters provide us international perspective and reach, and World Bipolar Day gives everyone a chance to contribute to the ISBD mission. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/about-callout.webp "callout-content-box-1094") ## Our Members Are Creating New Hope for Those Living With Bipolar Disorder Everyday [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Our Community](https://www.isbd.org/our-community/) ******Get in Touch****** ## Please contact us with any general questions, concerns or comments via the form on the contact us page. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Contact Us](https://www.isbd.org/contact/) --- ### [Chapters](https://www.isbd.org/chapters/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/character-banner.webp "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Meet our Global Community Welcome to ISBD’s chapter page. ISBD has fostered a global network of like-minded organizations dedicated to advancing bipolar disorder research and care. Here you will find links to our chapters and featured chapter content. ## ISBD Chapters – Global Mission, Local Impact ISBD Chapters are independent organizations that share the mission and values of the ISBD and provide mutual benefit. Chapters allow us to both feed regional expertise into the Society while creating opportunities for chapters to tap Society resources and programming. - [ISBD Pan Africa](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-costa-rica-2/)Mary Miller Costa Rica - [ISBD Venezuela](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-venezuela/)isbd Venezuela - [Bipolar Disorders Association (Bipolar Bozukluklar Derneği)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/bipolar-disorders-association-bipolar-bozukluklar-dernegi/)isbd Turkey - [Taiwanese Society for Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/taiwanese-society-for-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Taiwan - [Swiss Society for Bipolar Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/swiss-society-for-bipolar-disorders/)isbd Switzerland - [ISBD Korea](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-korea/)isbd South Korea - [Portuguese Society for Bipolar Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/portuguese-society-for-bipolar-disorders/)isbd Portugal - [ISBD Peru](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-peru/)isbd Peru - [ISBD Pan Africa](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-pan-africa/)isbd Pan Africa - [ISBD Norway](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-norway/)isbd Norway - [Bipolar Disorder Knowledge Center (KenBiS – Kenniscentrum Bipolaire Stoornissen)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/bipolar-disorder-knowledge-center-kenbis-kenniscentrum-bipolaire-stoornissen/)isbd The Netherlands - [ISBD Mexico (Capitulo Mexicano de la Sociedad Internacional de Trastornos Bipolares)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-mexico-capitulo-mexicano-de-la-sociedad-internacional-de-trastornos-bipolares/)isbd Mexico Loading results… ## Chapter Spotlight KenBiS, the Dutch chapter of ISBD, has worked closely over many years with the Society on a number of programs, including hosting our international conference at the VU University in Amsterdam in 2016. The chapter encourages early career researchers to participate in national networks for bipolar disorder and has established a Younce Science Day to support this goal. The chapter also participates in World Bipolar Day and works closely with organizations led by those with lived experience of bipolar disorder. To learn more about KenBiS, visit [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Learn more about KenBiS](https://www.kenniscentrumbipolairestoornissen.nl/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Image-chapter-spotlight.avif) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/chapters-impact-left-ellipse.svg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/chapters-impact.webp "home-our-community-bg") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/homepage-our-community-bottom-ellipse.svg) ## Global Impact Stats ### 26+ #### Chapters Worldwide ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Image-become-a-member.avif)[## Become a Member ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/arrow-box.svg)](https://www.isbd.org/for-members/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Image-annual-conferences.avif)[## Annual Conferences ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/arrow-box.svg)](https://www.isbd.org/annual-conference/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/image-free-resources.avif)[## Free Resources ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/arrow-box.svg)](https://www.isbd.org/patient-resources/) --- ### [Honarary Awards](https://www.isbd.org/honarary-awards/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Honarary_Banner-scaled.jpg "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Honarary Awards The ISBD Honarary Awards are given to recognize accomplishments over the span of a career and include the Mogens Schou Award, Robert Post Mentoring Award, and Kupfer-Frank Distinguished Contribution Award, the latter recognizing contributions that have made an indelible and lasting positive impact on ability of the ISBD to achieve its mission. These Awards principally serve to provide role models and honor achievements. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-conference-registration-bg.webp "task-intro-bg") ## Honarary Awards Mogens Schou Awards![Crystal trophy with a small oval detail and an engraved plaque reading: "THE MOGENS SCHOU AWARD FOR RESEARCH" presented to MARTIN ALDA, MD FRCPC, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AND KILLAM CHAIR, July 13, 2016.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Mogens-Schou-Awards-3.webp) ## Mogens Schou Awards The tradition of the Mogens Schou Award began at the International Conference on Bipolar Disorder (ICBD) in recognition of Mogens Schou, MD for his establishment of the first efficacious treatment for bipolar disorder and for his contributions to the field of psychiatry and the treatment of bipolar disorder over his lifetime. The Award, initiated by the course directors of the ICBD, has become an ongoing feature of the annual meetings of the ISBD. The Mogens Schou Awards recognize achievement in the following three categories: - Research - Education and Teaching - Public Service & Advocacy Robert Post Award ![Portrait of an older man in a dark suit and striped tie, seated on a light blue sofa against a pale wall.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Robert_Post.webp) ## Robert Post Mentoring Award Mentoring involves the cultivation of skills and the creation of pathways for the development of those that are junior and less experienced. It takes many forms including teaching, research supervision, and the provision of direct support and advice. More broadly, it is the modeling of behaviors and ideals that are inculcated into professional standards and the nurturing and development of those around you. This award acknowledges these efforts, both direct and indirect in the field of mood disorders and recognizes the importance of mentoring. It has been named in honor of Professor Robert Post, not only because of his seminal contributions to research in bipolar disorders that span neurobiology to clinical phenomenology, but also because of his lifelong commitment to mentoring those around him. He has facilitated the careers of those that are more junior by the provision of advice, support, and guidance and perhaps equally by demonstrating these skills in his work. The award will therefore be bestowed on individuals that have shown a similar passion and enthusiasm for mentoring and have done so in the field of mood disorders over a substantive period of time. Nominations can be made by ISBD members and special consideration will be given to nominations from mentees who carefully outline the mentoring activities of the individual that they have proposed. The purpose of this Award is to highlight the importance of mentoring, to acknowledge the contributions made by Professor Robert Post, and to ensure that mentoring remains a key rule within the mission of ISBD. ISBD Kupfer-Frank Distinctive Contribution Award ![Portrait of an older man in a dark suit and striped tie, seated on a light blue sofa against a pale wall.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Kupfer-Frank-Award-2.webp) ## ISBD Kupfer-Frank Distinctive Contribution Award Under the scientific direction of Dr. David J. Kupfer and Dr. Ellen Frank, the International Conference on Bipolar Disorder (ICBD) was hosting its 3rd meeting when Dr. Kupfer provided some initial seed funding and guidance for what would become the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD). Were it not for this singular contribution, the ISBD would not exist today. Dr. Kupfer would go on to become the Founding President of the ISBD, and Dr. Frank would become a key member of the organization. Moreover, after its foundation, Dr. Kupfer and Dr. Frank continued to nurture the organization by providing opportunities within the context of the ICBD meeting for ISBD members to conduct Society business, to have a booth to exhibit and recruit new members, and to provide in turn, a recognizable forum for ISBD members to present new data and findings. Finally, both Dr. Kupfer and Dr. Frank have served on the organization’s former ISBD Board of Governance, a body which provided oversight and counsel to the officers of the Society to ensure a stable and secure future for the Organization. In recognition of the above contributions, an award in the name of Dr. Kupfer and Dr. Frank was established in 2013. The award is overseen and administered by the Awards Committee. The purpose of this award is to recognize those members within the ISBD who have made a fundamental and lasting positive impact on the mission and objectives of the Society ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annual-conference-registration-bg.webp "task-intro-bg") ## How to Make a Nomination Mogens Schou Awards ![Portrait of an older man in a dark suit and striped tie, seated on a light blue sofa against a pale wall.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Mogens-Schou-Awards-3.webp) ## Mogens Schou Awards The final decision regarding the Awards will be made by the ISBD Awards Committee after careful consideration of the candidates in each category. The Mogens Schou Awards recognize achievement in the following three categories: 1. Research 2. Education and Teaching 3. Public Service and Advocacy **How to Make a Nomination** Candidates must be nominated by a current ISBD member. Past recipients (see list below) are not eligible to be nominated or win in any category of this award. The merits of the nominee are the primary factor considered in the review process; however, we encourage the inclusion of women, early career professionals, and participants from diverse geographic regions in the overall nominations. This reflects the continuing commitment of the ISBD to seek excellence through inclusion. **The 2026 ISBD Awards Nominations are now CLOSED.** We will be announcing the winners at the 2026 conference in Vancouver, Canada. Please email Mary Miller ([marym@isbd.org](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=ISBD%20Mogens%20Schou%20Award%20Inquiry%20)) with questions. Robert Post Award ![Portrait of an older man in a dark suit and striped tie, seated on a light blue sofa against a pale wall.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Robert_Post.webp) ## Robert Post Mentoring Award Candidates must be nominated by a current ISBD member. Past recipients (see list below) are not eligible to be nominated or win in any category of this award. The merits of the nominee are the primary factor considered in the review process; however, we encourage the inclusion of women, early career professionals, and participants from diverse geographic regions in the overall nominations. This reflects the continuing commitment of the ISBD to seek excellence through inclusion. **The 2026 ISBD Awards Nominations are now CLOSED.** We will be announcing the winners at the 2026 conference in Vancouver, Canada. Please email Mary Miller ([marym@isbd.org](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=ISBD%20Mogens%20Schou%20Award%20Inquiry%20)) with questions. ISBD Kupfer-Frank Distinctive Contribution Award ![Portrait of an older man in a dark suit and striped tie, seated on a light blue sofa against a pale wall.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Kupfer-Frank-Award-2.webp) ## ISBD Kupfer-Frank Distinctive Contribution Award This is a legacy award which will be given only when a suitable candidate is identified by the Awards Committee. The final decision regarding the Award will be made by the ISBD Awards Committee after careful consideration of the candidates. If an award is to be issued, it will be presented by the ISBD President during the Awards Ceremony of the ISBD meeting in the year following the one in which the nomination was made. The identification of the recipient will be held in confidence until it is announced at the Awards Ceremony. The Award may also be given posthumously. If you have a question about the ISBD Kupfer-Frank Distinctive Contribution Award, please contact Mary Miller at [maym@isbd.org](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=ISBD%20Kupfer%20Frank%20Award). # Award Winners ### Mogens Schou Award Winners **2025** - Research: Michael Berk, MBBCh, MMed(Psych), FF(Psych)SA, PhD, FRANZCP, FAAHMS, FASSA - Education and Teaching: No award - Public Service and Advocacy: Wendy Marie Ingram, PhD **2024** - Research: Mikael Landén, MD, PhD - Education and Teaching: No award - Public Service and Advocacy: Sara Schley **2023** - Research: Martha Sajatovic, MD - Education and Teaching: Ayal Schaffer, MD, FRCPC - Public Service and Advocacy: Adina Taubman **2022** - Public Service and Advocacy: Victoria Maxwell **2021** - Research: Boris Birmaher, MD and Hilary Blumberg, MD - Education and Teaching: Ralph Kupka, MD, PhD - Public Service and Advocacy: Katherine Ponte, JD, MBA **2020** - Research: Andrew Nierenberg, MD - Education and Teaching: Sagar Parikh, MD, FRCPC - Public Service and Advocacy: Rose Kurland **2019** - Research: Tadafumi Kato, MD - Education and Teaching: Ross Baldessarini, MD - Public Service and Advocacy: Emily Maguire **2018** - Public Service and Advocacy: Kyooseob Ha, MD, PhD - Research: Janusz Rybakowski, MD - Education and Teaching: Beny Lafer, MD **2017** - Research: Robert Post, MD - Education and Teaching: Sergio Strejilevich, MD - Public Service and Advocacy: Randi Silverman **2016** - Research: Martin Alda, MD, FRCPC - Education and Teaching: Mauricio Tohen, MD, DrPH, MBA - Public Service and Advocacy: MaryLou Selo **2015** - Research: Paul Grof, MD, PhD, FRCP - Education and Teaching: Gin Malhi, MD, PhD - Public Service and Advocacy: Erin Michalak, PhD **2013** - Research: Carlos A. Zarate, MD - Education and Advocacy: Flavio Kapczinski, MD, PhD - Public Service: Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) **2011** - Research: Marion Leboyer, MD - Education and Advocacy: Mark Frye, MD - Public Service: Muffy Walker **2009** - Research: Guy Goodwin, MD - Education and Advocacy: Lakshmi Yatham, MD, MBA - Public Service: Joyce and Dusty Sang **2007** - Research: Francesc Colom, PsyD, MSc, PhD - Research: Eduard Vieta, MD, PhD - Education and Advocacy: Adriano Camargo - Public Service: John McManamy, LLB **2005** - Research: David J. Miklowitz, Phd - Education and Advocacy: Paolo Lucio Morselli, MD - Distinguished Service: Samuel Gershon, MD **2003** - Research: Husseini K. Manji, MD - Education: Kay Jamison, PhD - Distinguished Service: Waltraud Prechter **2001** - Founder’s Award: Mogens Schou, MD, Dr.Med.Sci - Research: Jules Angst, MD - Distinguished Service: Vada and Ted Stanley ### Robert Post Mentoring Award Winners ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GMalhi_RPWinner2025.webp) #### 2025 Prof Gin Malhi ![Professional headshot of a smiling woman with short blond hair wearing a yellow blazer.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AOzerdem_RPWinner2024.webp) #### 2024 Prof Aysegul Ozerdem ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/default.avif) #### 2023 – No Award ![Professional headshot of a bald man in a black suit and red tie, smiling at the camera.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/MFrye-Image-resized.webp) #### 2022 Prof Mark Frye ![Smiling man with gray hair and glasses in a dark blazer and light shirt, standing with arms crossed beside a glass wall (professional portrait).](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LYatham_RPWinner2021.webp) #### 2021 Prof Lakshmi Yatham ![Portrait of a smiling man with a receding hairline wearing a blue striped shirt and navy blazer, outdoors.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Michael_Berk_2016_smaller.webp) #### 2020 Prof Michael Berk ### ISBD Kupfer-Frank Distinctive Contribution Award Winners ![Senior doctor wearing a white coat and ID badge sits in a plant-filled lounge area, looking at the camera.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/EV_ResizedWebKF2024.webp) #### 2024 Prof. Eduard Vieta ![Professional portrait of a man in a dark suit and blue tie, wearing a circular gold badge on the left chest.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pichet_KFWinner2021.webp) #### 2021 Prof. Pichet Udomratn, M.D. ![Smiling elderly woman standing behind a man in a suit, her hand resting on his shoulder in a studio portrait.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CharlieandVirginiaWeb.webp) #### 2020 Dr. Charles Bowden and Virginia Massey-Bowden ![Professional headshot of a smiling man in a dark blazer and light blue shirt, wearing glasses.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Lakshmi-Yatham.webp) #### 2016 Dr. Lakshmi Yatham ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Samuel-Gershon.webp) #### 2015 Dr. Samuel Gershon ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ellen-Frank.webp) #### 2013 Dr. Ellen Frank ![Smiling older man with glasses in a dark suit and orange tie, indoor background.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/David-Kupfer.webp) #### 2013 Dr. David J. Kupfer --- ### [Task Forces](https://www.isbd.org/task-forces/) **Published:** April 23, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD-Task-Forces.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Task Forces ## The International Society for Bipolar Disorders recognizes that there are many unanswered questions central to developing treatments and improving clinical care for those living with bipolar illness. One of ISBD’s earliest initiatives nearly 20 years ago formed Task Forces, bringing together respected international experts with experience in specific areas to address current unmet needs in bipolar science. ISBD Task Forces have explored a wide range of topics over the years, including targeting areas of scientific inquiry which do not always receive top research priority. Supporting ISBD’s commitment to producing accessible educational content, our member driven Task Forces translate their findings across a variety of media to deliver updates from the scientific community in a way that can be useful to clinicians, patients, and caregivers. **Task Forces work together to develop:** - Scientific guidelines - Consensus papers - Educational workshops - Webinars - Tip sheets - Conference symposia ***Are you an Early to Mid-Career Member who is interested in contributing to a Task Force? Please email [Mary Miller](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=Early-Mid%20Career%20Member%20inquiry%20re%3A%20Task%20Force%20participation) for more information.*** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") We are currently not accepting new task force applications for 2026. If you are interested in submitting a new task Force idea, please [email Mary Miller](marym@isbd.org "email Mary Miller") ## Learn more about our Current Task Forces ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) - [Big Data Analytics in Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/big-data-analytics-in-bipolar-disorder/ "Big Data Analytics in Bipolar Disorder") - [Chronobiology and Chronotherapy of Bipolar Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/chronobiology-and-chronotherapy-of-bipolar-disorders/ "Chronobiology and Chronotherapy of Bipolar Disorders") - [Early Intervention for Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/early-intervention-for-bipolar-disorder/ "Early Intervention for Bipolar Disorder") - [Nutrition and Exercise Task Force (NExT)](https://www.isbd.org/nutrition-and-exercise-task-force-next/ "Nutrition and Exercise Task Force (NExT)") - [Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder (OABD)](https://www.isbd.org/older-adults-with-bipolar-disorder-oabd/ "Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder (OABD)") - [Psychological Interventions](https://www.isbd.org/psychological-interventions-2/ "Psychological Interventions") - [Role of Lithium in Bipolar Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/role-of-lithium-in-bipolar-disorders/ "Role of Lithium in Bipolar Disorders") - [Staging](https://www.isbd.org/staging/ "Staging") - [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/suicide-prevention/ "Suicide Prevention") - [Targeting Cognition](https://www.isbd.org/targeting-cognition/ "Targeting Cognition") - [Treatment Resistant Bipolar Depression](https://www.isbd.org/treatment-resistant-bipolar-depression/ "Treatment Resistant Bipolar Depression") - [Vascular](https://www.isbd.org/vascular/ "Vascular") ## Important Task Force Documents and Links ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) - [ISBD Task Force Guidelines and Forms](https://www.isbd.org/isbd-task-force-guidelines-and-forms/ "ISBD Task Force Guidelines and Forms") - [ISBD Task Force Bibliography](https://www.isbd.org/isbd-task-force-bibliography/ "ISBD Task Force Bibliography") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) --- ### [Early Intervention Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/early-intervention-for-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # Early Intervention Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") The **Early Intervention Task Force aims to address the needs of people with emerging BD before the onset of persistent or impairing illness. This could include efforts at primary prevention of the disorder or secondary prevention of recurrence or disability. We will summarize the current literature in this area and highlight the need for future research, translation and advocacy for those in the early course of illness.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## The Objectives of the Early Intervention Task Force are: 1. Review the literature and develop recommendations for clinical practice and future research in the early course of Bipolar Disorder. 2. Refine the nomenclature regarding early intervention, staging and early illness course. 3. Advocating for higher quality research and enhanced translation of early interventions in BD. ## Leads ![Professional head-and-shoulders portrait of a man in a dark blazer and light blue striped shirt, looking at the camera.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/EITF_ARatheesh.webp)Aswin Ratheesh, Australia – Lead ![Smiling man in a blue shirt and dark blazer, standing in front of a wooden slat background.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/EITF_MBerk.webp)Michael Berk, Australia – Co-Chair ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/List.svg)Steven Marwaha, UK – Co-Chair ## Members of Task Force ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Lesley Berk, Australia ![Uganda flag with black, yellow, and red horizontal stripes and a white disk containing a crowned crane in the center.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Uganda.png)Harriet Birabwa, Uganda ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)David Bond, USA ![Swiss flag: white cross centered on a red field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Switzerland-flag.webp)Philippe Conus, Switzerland ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Sue Cotton, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Anne Duffy, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Mary Fristad, USA ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Ian Hickie, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Manon Hillegers, The Netherlands ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Sameer Jauhar, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Kamyar Keramatian, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Lars Kessing, Denmark ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)David Miklowitz, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Kate Miley, USA ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Greg Murray, Australia ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Jairo Vinicius Pinto, Brazil ![Swiss flag: white cross centered on a red field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Switzerland-flag.webp)Julie Ramain, Switzerland ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Eline Regeer, Netherlands ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Gayatri Saraf, Canada ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Elizabeth Scott, Australia ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Jan Scott, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Carla Torrent, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Mauricio Tohen, USA ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Anna Wrobel, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Lakshmi Yatham, Canada ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Allan Young, UK ## Task Force Updates ### Publications: #### 2023 Ratheesh, A., Hett, D., Ramain, J. *et al.* A systematic review of interventions in the early course of bipolar disorder I or II: a report of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Taskforce on early intervention. [*Int J Bipolar Disord* 11, 1 (2023)](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40345-022-00275-3). ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-template-task-forces-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## See All Task Forces [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Task Forces](https://www.isbd.org/task-forces/) --- ### [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/psychological-interventions-2/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # Psychological Interventions Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") **The purpose of this task force is to promote research, collaboration and clinical practice in the area of psychological therapies for people with bipolar disorder, and encompasses work on psychological mechanisms as well as the development, testing, implementation and practice of therapy.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## The following objectives of the task force will enable the field to further develop psychological interventions and investigate their effectiveness in multi-center and international settings. 1. Build a more strongly connected research and clinical community focused on the psychology of bipolar disorders. 2. Improve representation of psychological disciplines within ISBD, including early career researchers and clinicians in the field. 3. Setting up international and broad collaboration in the development of psychological interventions for bipolar disorders, in order to save resources, improve the quality of research, and implement large trials. ## Leads ![Portrait of a smiling woman with shoulder-length blonde hair wearing a dark patterned top, neutral background behind her.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/PITF_KWright.webp)Kim Wright, UK, Chair ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/EMorton-SGJIA22-resized.jpg)Emma Morton, Australia, Co-Chair ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Profile-Pic-Logo-150-square.png)Louisa Sylvia, USA, Co-Chair ## Members of Task Force ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Julieta Azevedo, UK ![Uganda flag with black, yellow, and red horizontal stripes and a white disk containing a crowned crane in the center.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Uganda.png)Harriet Birabwa, Uganda ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Tatiana Cohab Khafif, Brazil ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Luisa de Siqueira Rotenberg, Brazil ![Flag of New Zealand showing the Union Jack in the upper left and four red stars with white borders on a blue field (Southern Cross).](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/New_Zealand-flag.webp)Katie Douglas, New Zealand ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Joanne Leidreiter, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Jennifer Levin, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)K. Eve Lewandowski, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Denmark.jpg)Hanne Lie Kjaerstad, Denmark ![Dutch flag: red on top, white in the middle, blue on the bottom (horizontal tricolor)](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Netherlands-flag.webp)Esther Mesman, Netherlands ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)David Miklowitz, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Dahlia Mukherjee, USA ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Greg Murray, Australia ![Rwanda Flag, three horizontal stripes in a 2:1:1 ratio: a top sky-blue band (double width), a middle yellow band, and a bottom green band. In the upper fly corner (top right) is a golden-yellow sun with 24 rays](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Rwanda-Flag.jpg)Emmanuel Musoni Rwililiza, Rwanda ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Danielle Novick, USA ![Iceland flag, a sky-blue field with a redoff-center cross outlined in white](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Iceland-Flag.jpg)Halla Ólafsdóttir, Iceland ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Thomas Richardson , UK ![Solid red circle centered on a white background.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Japan-flag.webp)Mirai So, Japan ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Sarah Sperry, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Holly Swartz, USA ![Solid red circle centered on a white background.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Japan-flag.webp)Yuko Toshishige, Japan ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Hailey Tremain, Australia ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Elizabeth Tyler, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Anna Van Meter, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Andrea Vassilev, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Lauren Weinstock, USA ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Rajitha White, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Eric Youngstrom, USA ## Task Force Updates ### Clinician Resource Page: To learn more about evidence based psychological intervention resources for clinicians ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)[Click Here](https://isbd.org/psychological-interventions/) ### Publications: #### 2026 L. G.Sylvia, A. K.Gold, E.Morton, et al., “Examining Stepped Care as an Innovation in the Delivery of Psychological Treatments for Bipolar Disorder: Perspectives From Members of the International Society of Bipolar Disorders Psychological Interventions Task Force,” [Bipolar Disorders28, no. 2 (2026): e70097](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.70097). #### 2024 Wright, K., Koenders, M., Douglas, K.M., Faurholt-Jepsen, M., Lewandowski, K.E., Miklowitz, D.J., Morton, E., Murray, G., Richardson, T., de Siqueira Rotenberg, L., Sperry, S.H., Van Meter, A.R., Vassilev, A.B., Weiner, L., Weinstock, L.M. and Mesman, E. (2024), Psychological therapies for people with bipolar disorder: Where are we now, and what is next? ISBD Psychological Interventions Taskforce—Position paper. [Bipolar Disord, 26: 523-528](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.13418). ## Task Force Resources [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)All Task Force Resources](https://www.isbd.org/psychological-interventions-task-forces-resources/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/themes/elevation-framework-v4/assets/images/default.avif) May 14, 2026 ### Psychological Interventions Task Force Video on the benefits and targets for psychotherapy, including trama, childhood abuse, etc. Pschological Interventions ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/themes/elevation-framework-v4/assets/images/default.avif) Members only May 14, 2026 ### Ongoing Bipolar Mood Instability: What Can, or Could Psychological Interventions Offer A Psychological Interventions Task Forcce keynote on mood instability: Presenter: Kim Wright Pscyhological Interventions ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-template-task-forces-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## 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How many members does ISBD currently have?The ISBD has approximately 500 members from all over the world. The ISBD also has numerous active international chapters with countless chapter members. To find a Chapter near you visit our [map](#chapter). What are the membership dues for ISBD?The ISBD has several different membership categories. To identify the best membership for your needs and geographical location, please visit [Membership](https://www.isbd.org/join-the-membership/). How do I join ISBD?To join the ISBD online click on [Membership](https://www.isbd.org/join-the-membership/), select the appropriate membership category, and follow the instructions. What are the accepted methods of payment?ISBD accepts personal and business checks, bank wire transfers, and most major credit cards including American Express, MasterCard, Visa, and Discover for the payment of membership dues. What is the duration of membership?Memberships run on a rolling basis. A membership will expire after one year at the end of the month of purchase. For example, if you purchaed your membership on March 2, 2019, it will expire on March 31, 2020. Membership can be manually renewed each year or you may choose to set up auto renewal so that your membership automatically renews each year. How do I update my contact information?You can update your contact information by logging in to the [Member Zone](https://www.isbd.org/member-zone) and selecting “Manage your account”.You can also update your contact information by contacting Mary G. Miller, ISBD Program Manager, at [marym@isbd.org](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=Update%20ISBD%20Member%20information%20). What do I do if I can’t log into the ISBD Member Zone?If you are unable to log in to the Member Zone for any reason, please contact Mary G. Miller, at [marym@isbd.org](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=Cannot%20login%20to%20ISBD%20Member%20Zone). --- ### [Vascular](https://www.isbd.org/vascular/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # Vascular Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") **It is well recognized that bipolar disorder is associated with elevated vascular risk, that this risk exceeds what can be explained by traditional cardiovascular risk factors (e.g. obesity, hypertension), that this risk is associated with bipolar disorder subtypes and with mood symptom burden, and that this risk is observed internationally. Perhaps less recognized are the implications that the bipolar-vascular link has on biomarker discovery, novel therapeutic approaches, and stigma reduction efforts.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## Objectives The goal of the ISBD Vascular Task Force is to summarize the state of the literature regarding vascular factors and bipolar disorder, and to articulate an agenda for future progress. This task force will undertake efforts to consolidate, distill, contextualize, and critique the extant literature, and will take steps toward knowledge translation and dissemination through a primary manuscript, web-based lecture series, and engagement of stakeholders including colleagues in other branches of medicine, allied health professions, and consumer advocacy groups, for the purpose of maximizing impact. ## Leads ![Smiling bald man wearing rectangular glasses and a pink striped button-down shirt, posed against a dark blue studio backdrop.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/VascularTF_BGoldstein-e1778677013610.webp)Benjamin Goldstein, Canada ![Close-up of a smiling man in a white shirt and striped orange-green tie against a black background, cropped at the shoulders.]','](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/VascularTF_JFiedorowicz.webp)Jess Fiedorowicz, Canada ## Members of Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Hilary Blumberg, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)David Bond, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/taiwan-flag.svg)Pao-Huan Chen, Taiwan ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Lisa Eyler, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Eric Goldwaser, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Fabiano Gomes, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Jody Greaney, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Tomas Hajek, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Kody Kennedy, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Susan McElroy, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Roger McIntyre, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Megan Mio, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Abigail Ortiz, Canada ![Flag of Chile: white upper half and red lower half with a blue square in the hoist bearing a white star.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Chile.svg.png)Miguel Prieto, Chile ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Elysha Ringin, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Louisa Sylvia, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/taiwan-flag.svg)Shang-Ying Tsai, Taiwan ## Task Force Updates ### Publications: #### 2020 Goldstein BI, Baune BT, Bond DJ, et al. Call to action regarding the vascular-bipolar link: A report from the Vascular Task Force of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. [Bipolar Disord. 2020;22:440–460](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12921). ## Task Force Resources [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)All Task Force Resources](https://www.isbd.org/vascular-resources/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/themes/elevation-framework-v4/assets/images/default.avif) May 14, 2026 ### ISBD Vascular Task Force Video on the connection between bipolar disorder and heart health Vascular ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-template-task-forces-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## See All Task Forces [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Task Forces](https://www.isbd.org/task-forces/) --- ### [Treatment Resistant Bipolar Depression](https://www.isbd.org/treatment-resistant-bipolar-depression/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # Treatment Resistant Bipolar Depression ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") **This Task Force will address the definition of treatment resistant bipolar depression and provide guidance on clinical trial design, methodology, and optimal endpoints for regulatory bodies, investigators and clinicians, to improve awareness, advance science, and deliver better treatments for this condition.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## Objectives 1. Coming soon! ## Leads ![Portrait of an older man with gray hair and beard, red glasses, wearing a burgundy shirt and brown blazer outdoors, looking at the camera.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TRBD_EVieta.webp)Eduard Vieta, Spain ## Members of Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Ana Andreazza, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Gerard Anmella, Spain ![Horizontal black-red-gold tricolor flag representing Germany.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Germany-flag.webp)Michael Bauer, Germany ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Michael Berk, Australia ![Uganda flag with black, yellow, and red horizontal stripes and a white disk containing a crowned crane in the center.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Uganda.png)Harriet Birabwa-Oketcho, Uganda ![Flag of Italy: vertical green, white, and red stripes from left to right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Italy-flag.webp)Paolo Brambilla, Italy ![Flag of Poland: white on top, red on the bottom](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Poland.png)Wieslaw J. Cubala, Poland ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Olivia Dean, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Giovanna Fico, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Brisa Frenandes, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Ana Gonzalez-Pinto, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Kyooseob Ha, Canada/South Korea ![Vertical tricolor flag of France: blue, white, and red bands from left to right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/France-flag.webp)Chantal Henry, France ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, Spain ![Flag of Colombia: yellow top half with blue and red stripes below (three horizontal stripes).](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Colombia.png)Carlos Lopez-Jaramillo, Colombia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Roger McIntyre, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Kamilla Miskowiak, Denmark ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Andrew Nierenberg, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Paula Nunes, Canada/Brazil ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Aysegul Ozerdem, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Isabella Pacchiarotti, Spain ![Flag of Serbia: red-blue-white tricolor with the national coat of arms and crown centered](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png)Maja Pantovic Stefanovic, Serbia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Robert Post, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Balwinder Singh, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Jair Soares, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Trisha Suppes, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Holly Swartz, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Mauricio Tohen, USA ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Tamsyn Van Rheenen, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Lakshmi Yatham, Canada ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Allan Young, UK ## Task Force Updates ### Publications: #### 2025 Vieta, E., McIntyre, R.S., Suppes, T., Van Rheenen, T.E., Singh, B., Miskowiak, K.W., Young, A.H., Yatham, L.N., Ha, K., Berk, M., Swartz, H.A., Henry, C., Stefanovic, M.P., Diaz, G.A., Ozerdem, A., Cubała, W.J., Hidalgo-Mazzei, D., Tohen, M., Pacchiarotti, I., Nunes, P.V., Lopez-Jaramillo, C., Gonzalez-Pinto, A., Brambilla, P., Post, R., Soares, J.C., Bauer, M., Andreazza, A.C., Fradera, X.J., Cosials-Lopez, M. and Fico, G. (2025), Defining Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression: Recommendations From the ISBD Task Force. [Bipolar Disord, 27: 411-423](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.70048). ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-template-task-forces-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## See All Task Forces [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Task Forces](https://www.isbd.org/task-forces/) --- ### [Targeting Cognition](https://www.isbd.org/targeting-cognition/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # Targeting Cognition This task force will address strategies for targeting cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") **There are no clinically available treatments for cognitive impairments in bipolar disorder despite intense research interest into novel treatments and a pressing clinical need for cognition treatments to improve prognosis, enhance functional recovery and reduce societal costs. The lack of effective treatments is partially due to major methodological challenges in the field.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## The objectives of the task force are therefore to create: 1. **For researchers:** Guidance for the methodology and design of cognition trials in bipolar disorder based on the methodological lessons learnt from extant cognition trials. 2. **For clinicians:** Clinical recommendations on how to address cognitive impairments in the clinical management of bipolar disorder. 3. **For patients:** Patient booklet with information about the nature of cognitive impairments in bipolar disorder and a practical guide on how to facilitate cognitive capacity (sleep, alcohol, breaks, etc.) and for how to compensate for the cognitive problems in daily life. ## Leads ![Smiling woman portrait in a black blazer and white blouse, outdoors with blurred greenery in the background.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cognition_KMiskowiak.webp)Kamilla Miskowiak, Denmark ## Members of Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Vicent Balanzá, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Christopher Bowie, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Kate Burdick, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Andre Carvalho, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Caterina del Mar Bonnin, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Annemiek Dols, Netherlands ![Flag of New Zealand showing the Union Jack in the upper left and four red stars with white borders on a blue field (Southern Cross).](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/New_Zealand-flag.webp)Katie Douglas, New Zealand ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Peter Gallagher, UK ![Swiss flag: white cross centered on a red field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Switzerland-flag.webp)Gregor Hasler, Switzerland ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Lars Kessing, Denmark ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Hanne Kjaerstad, Denmark ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Benny Lafer, Brazil ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)K. Eve Lewandowski, USA ![Flag of Colombia: yellow top half with blue and red stripes below (three horizontal stripes).](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Colombia.png)Carlos Lopez-Jaramillo, Colombia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Anabel Martinez-Aran, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Roger McIntyre, Canada ![Flag of New Zealand showing the Union Jack in the upper left and four red stars with white borders on a blue field (Southern Cross).](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/New_Zealand-flag.webp)Richard Porter, New Zealand ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Scot Purdon, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Ayal Schaffer, Canada ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Paul Stokes, UK ![Solid red circle centered on a white background.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Japan-flag.webp)Tomiki Sumiyoshi, Japan ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Ivan Torres, Canada ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Dimosthenis Tsapekos, UK ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Tamsyn Van Rheenen, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Eduard Vieta, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Lakshmi Yatham, Canada ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Allan Young, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Jeff Zarp, Denmark ## Task Force Updates ### Publications: #### 2025 D.Tsapekos, M.Kalfas, J. M.Schandorff, et al., “Predicting Response to Pro-Cognitive Interventions in Mood Disorders: A Systematic Review by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Targeting Cognition Task Force,” [Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (2025): 1–28](https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.70038). #### 2024 Miskowiak KW, Obel ZK, Guglielmo R, et al. Efficacy and safety of established and off-label ADHD drug therapies for cognitive impairment or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in bipolar disorder: A systematic review by the ISBD Targeting Cognition Task Force. [Bipolar Disord. 2024;26:216-239](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.13414). #### 2022 Miskowiak KW, Seeberg I, Jensen MB, et al. Randomised controlled cognition trials in remitted patients with mood disorders published between 2015 and 2021: A systematic review by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Targeting Cognition Task Force. [Bipolar Disord. 2022;24:354–374](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.13193). #### 2019 Miskowiak KW, Seeberg I, Kjaerstad HL, et al. Affective cognition in bipolar disorder: A systematic review by the ISBD targeting cognition task force. [Bipolar Disord. 2019;21:686–719](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12834). ## Task Force Resources [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)All Task Force Resources](https://www.isbd.org/targeting-cognition-resources/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/themes/elevation-framework-v4/assets/images/default.avif) May 14, 2026 ### Cognition Task Force Video on the challenges and rewards of task force leadership and the benefits of collaboration for patient care Targeting Cognition ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/COBRA-Danish-400x300.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) – Danish A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning Targeting Cognition ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/COBRA-English-400x300.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) – English A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning Targeting Cognition ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/COBRA-Japanese-400x300.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) – Japanese A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning Targeting Cognition ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/COBRA-Spanish-400x300.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) – Spanish A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning Targeting Cognition ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/COBRA-Finnish-400x305.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) – Finnish A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning Targeting Cognition ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-template-task-forces-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## See All Task Forces [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Task Forces](https://www.isbd.org/task-forces/) --- ### [Staging](https://www.isbd.org/staging/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # Staging ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") **The ultimate goal of this Task Force is to further develop the various staging models for bipolar disorder and their relevance for clinical practice** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## Objectives 1. Coming soon! ## Leads ![Man with short gray hair and round black glasses facing the camera, wearing a dark button-up shirt.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Staging_RKupka.webp)Ralph Kupka, The Netherlands – Lead ![Smiling older man in a dark checkered suit and glasses, seated in a bright office.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Staging_MAlda.webp)Martin Alda, Canada – Co-Chair ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/List.svg)Flavio Kapszinski, Brazil – Co-Chair ## Members of Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Jorge Almeida, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Vicent Balanzá, Spain ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Michael Berk, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Boris Birmaher, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)David Bond, USA ![Portugal national flag: green left half, red right half with the coat of arms centered on the boundary, featuring a shield inside a golden armillary sphere.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png)Ines Chendo, Portugal ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso, Brazil ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Anne Duffy, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Ana Gonzalez-Pinto, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Iria Grande, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Danella Hafeman, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Tomas Hajek, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Manon Hillegers, The Netherlands ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Marcia Kauer Sant’Anna, Brazil ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Rodrigo Mansur, Canada ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Ives Passos, Brazil ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Robert Post, USA ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Jan Scott, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Mauricio Tohen, USA ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Hailey Tremain, Australia ![Kenyan national flag: black, red, and green horizontal stripes with white edges, centered Maasai shield and two crossed spears.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png)Afra van der Markt, Kenya ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Gustavo Vazquez, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Eduard Vieta, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Lakshmi Yatham, Canada ## Task Force Updates ### Publications: #### 2021 Kupka R, Duffy A, Scott J, et al. Consensus on nomenclature for clinical staging models in bipolar disorder: A narrative review from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Staging Task Force. [Bipolar Disord. 2021;23:659–678](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.13105). ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-template-task-forces-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## See All Task Forces [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Task Forces](https://www.isbd.org/task-forces/) --- ### [Role of Lithium in Bipolar Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/role-of-lithium-in-bipolar-disorders/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # Role of Lithium in Bipolar Disorders This task force is a collaboration between the ISBD and the International Group for the Study of Lithium Treated Patients (IGSLi) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") **This task force was created to provide input to clinicians on the evidence base, role, and best use of lithium in patients with bipolar disorders.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## Objectives 1. Objectives coming soon ## Leads ![Portrait of a man in a suit and tie wearing thin glasses, in a library backdrop of bookshelves behind him.]","Close-up of a middle-aged man with short dark hair and wire-frame glasses, smiling slightly, with bookshelves in the background.","Professional headshot of a man in a dark suit and patterned tie, in a library setting.","Businessman wearing glasses and a suit, posed in front of bookshelves in an indoor library."](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Lithium_MBauer-scaled.webp)Michael Bauer, Germany ![Smiling man with gray hair and glasses in a blue suit and patterned tie, indoors.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Lithium_GMalhi.webp)Gin Malhi, Australia ## Members of Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Martin Alda, Canada ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Michael Berk, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Elvira Boere, The Netherlands ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Cynthia Calkin, Canada ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)André F Carvalho, Brazil ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)David Cousins, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Anne Duffy, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Mark Frye, USA ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)John Geddes, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Michael Gitlin, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Fabiano Gomes, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Ana Gonzalez-Pinto, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Paul Grof, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Tomas Hajek, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Lars Vedel Kessing, Denmark ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Ralph Kupka, The Netherlands ![Horizontal black-red-gold tricolor flag representing Germany.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Germany-flag.webp)Ute Lewizka, Germany ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Rasmus Licht, Denmark ![Flag of Colombia: yellow top half with blue and red stripes below (three horizontal stripes).](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Colombia.png)Carlos López Jaramillo, Colombia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, USA ![Horizontal black-red-gold tricolor flag representing Germany.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Germany-flag.webp)Bruno Müller-Oerlinghausen, Germany ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Rene Ernst Nielsen, Denmark ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Andrew Nierenberg, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Michael Ostacher, USA ![Horizontal black-red-gold tricolor flag representing Germany.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Germany-flag.webp)Andrea Pfennig, Germany ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Robert Post, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Eline Regeer, The Netherlands ![Horizontal black-red-gold tricolor flag representing Germany.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Germany-flag.webp)Philipp Ritter, Germany ![Flag of Poland: white on top, red on the bottom](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Poland.png)Janusz Rybakowski, Poland ![Horizontal black-red-gold tricolor flag representing Germany.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Germany-flag.webp)Emanuel Severus, Germany ![Flag of Austria: red-white-red horizontal stripes flown as a national banner?](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Austria.png)Christian Simhandl, Austria ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Balwinder Singh, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Jair Soares, USA ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Becci Strawbridge, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Trisha Suppes, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Mauricio Tohen, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Leonardo Tondo, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Eduard Vieta, Spain ![Red flag with one large yellow star on the left and four smaller yellow stars arranged in a curved arc on a red field (Flag of China)](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/China-flag.webp)Ni Xu, China ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Allan Young, UK ## Task Force Updates ### Publications: #### 2023 Hidalgo-Mazzei, D., Mantingh, T., Pérez de Mendiola, X. *et al.* Clinicians’ preferences and attitudes towards the use of lithium in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorders around the world: a survey from the ISBD Lithium task force. [*Int J Bipolar Disord* 11, 20 (2023)](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40345-023-00301-y). #### 2020 Grillault Laroche D, Etain B, Severus E, Scott J, Bellivier F; ISBD-IGSLI Joint Task Force on Lithium Treatment. Socio-demographic and clinical predictors of outcome to long-term treatment with lithium in bipolar disorders: a systematic review of the contemporary literature and recommendations from the ISBD/IGSLI Task Force on treatment with lithium. Int J Bipolar Disord. 2020 Dec 16;8(1):40. [PMID: 33330966; PMCID: PMC7744282](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40345-020-00203-3). #### 2019 Nolen WA, Licht RW, Young AH, et al; on behalf of the ISBD/IGSLI Task Force on the treatment with lithium. What is the optimal serum level for lithium in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder? A systematic review and recommendations from the ISBD/IGSLI Task Force on treatment with lithium. [Bipolar Disord. 2019;21:394–409](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12805). #### 2018 Duffy A, Heffer N, Goodday SM, et al. Efficacy and tolerability of lithium for the treatment of acute mania in children with bipolar disorder: A systematic review. [Bipolar Disord. 2018;20:583–593](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12690). #### 2018 Kessing LV, Bauer M, Nolen WA, Severus E, Goodwin GM, Geddes J. Effectiveness of maintenance therapy of lithium vs other mood stabilizers in monotherapy and in combinations: a systematic review of evidence from observational studies. [Bipolar Disord. 2018;20:419-431](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12623). #### 2018 Duffy A, Heffer N, Goodday SM, et al. Efficacy and tolerability of lithium for the treatment of acute mania in children with bipolar disorder: A systematic review. [Bipolar Disord. 2018;20:583–593](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12690). ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-template-task-forces-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## See All Task Forces [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Task Forces](https://www.isbd.org/task-forces/) --- ### [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/suicide-prevention/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # Suicide Prevention in bipolar disorder Established in 2025, this ISBD Task Force will focus on the implementation of suicide prevention stratigies. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") Suicide prevention is widely recognized as a critical component of care for people with bipolar disorder. However, significant gaps in knowledge and clinical practice hinder effective implementation. These include a lack of clarity as to: 1\) HOW to deliver targeted suicide prevention efforts; 2\) WHO should be involved in organizing and delivering these interventions; 3\) WHAT interventions are most effective specifically in the area of bipolar disorders; 4\) WHEN should these interventions be applied; and 5\) WHERE barriers to implementation exist and ways to overcome them. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## The ultimate goal of this Task Force is to develop clinical recommendations and practical resources specific to suicide prevention for people with bipolar disorder. The Task Force aims to achieve this goal by: 1. Use a Delphi or similar consensus-based methodology to identify effective clinical strategies and produce clinical recommendations for suicide prevention interventions for people with bipolar disorder. 2. Develop tools and resources to facilitate the implementation of these recommended strategies. 3. Disseminate recommendations and resources through multiple channels including publications, educational workshops and symposia presentations at the ISBD, International Association of Suicide Research, and other related annual conferences. 4. Collaborate with advocacy groups or organizations such as CREST-BD, DBSA, and others to increase public awareness and support broad dissemination. ## Leads ![Portrait of a smiling blonde woman in a blue blouse and gray herringbone blazer against a gray background.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SPTF_RHuberR-scaled.webp)Rebekah Huber, USA ![Smiling man in a dark suit and purple tie, head-and-shoulders portrait.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SPTF_ASchaffer.webp)Ayal Schaffer, Canada ## Members of Task Force ![Nigerian flag: three vertical stripes green–white–green, representing Nigeria as a national symbol.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png)Frances Adiukwu, Nigeria ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Taís Biazus, Brazil ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Hilary Blumberg, USA ![Red flag with one large yellow star on the left and four smaller yellow stars arranged in a curved arc on a red field (Flag of China)](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/China-flag.webp)Jun Chen, China ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Annemiek Dols, Netherlands ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Tania Gergel, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Tina Goldstein, USA ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Georgina Hosang, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Finnish-flag.svg)Erkki Isometsa, Finland ![Flag of Mexico: three vertical stripes green, white, red with the national emblem in the center white stripe: an eagle perched on a cactus devouring a serpent (Mexico)](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png)Joanna Jimenez Pavon, Mexico ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Lars Kessing, Denmark ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Beny Lafer, Brazil ![South Korean flag: white field with a red and blue Taeguk circle in the center and four black trigrams at the corners.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/South-Korea-Flag.webp)Heon-Jeong Lee, South Korea ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Gin Malhi, Australia ![Solid red circle centered on a white background.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Japan-flag.webp)Koji Matsuo, Japan ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Melvin McInnis, USA ![Flag of Italy: vertical green, white, and red stripes from left to right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Italy-flag.webp)Nicola Meda, Italy ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Rachel Mitchell, Canada ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Emma Morton, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Andrew Nierenberg, USA ![Indian national flag: saffron top band, white middle band with blue Ashoka Chakra, green bottom band](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_India.svg.png)Janardhan Reddy, India ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Thomas Richardson, UK ![Flag of Mexico: three vertical stripes green, white, red with the national emblem in the center white stripe: an eagle perched on a cactus devouring a serpent (Mexico)](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png)Manuel Sanchez de Carmona, Mexico ![National flag of South Africa with a green Y-shaped band bordered in yellow and white, separating red (top) and blue (bottom) fields, and a black triangle at the hoist edge.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.webp)Vimal Singh, South Africa ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Mark Sinyor, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Marco Solmi, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Anna Van Meter, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Lauren Weinstock, USA ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Kim Wright, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Lakshmi Yatham, Canada ## Task Force Updates ### Publications: #### Coming soon! ## Task Force Resources [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)All Task Force Resources](https://www.isbd.org/suicide-prevention-resources/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-400x300.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Suicide Prevention Clinical notes on suicide prevention Suicide Prevention ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-400x300.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Suicide Prevention: Persian Professional resource on suicide prevention Suicide Prevention ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-400x300.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Suicide Prevention: Spanish Professional resource on suicide prevention Suicide Prevention ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-400x300.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Suicide Prevention: Portuguese Professional resource on suicide prevention Suicide Prevention ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-400x300.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Suicide Prevention: Danish Professional resource on suicide prevention Suicide Prevention ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTip-400x300.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Suicide Prevention: English Professional resource on suicide prevention Suicide Prevention ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-template-task-forces-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## See All Task Forces [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Task Forces](https://www.isbd.org/task-forces/) --- ### [Nutrition and Exercise Task Force (NExT)](https://www.isbd.org/nutrition-and-exercise-task-force-next/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # Nutrition and Exercise Task Force (NExT) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") **Lifestyle Psychiatry is an emergent and rapidly evolving field of research with a progressively increasing number of observational and interventional studies being published. In addition, questions about diet, nutrition, and exercise are commonly asked by patients in clinical settings. However, there is a lack of reliable and easily accessible material to clinicians and researchers, including a positional paper from the ISBD on the subject. This task force was created to address these gaps in knowledge.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## The objectives of this task force are: 1. Promote research in the assessment of diet and exercise in bipolar disorder. 2. Support the investigation and development of lifestyle intervention in bipolar disorder. 3. Organize and deliver educational evidence-based activities in nutrition and exercise in bipolar disorder. 4. Strengthen collaboration and knowledge exchange between specialists in the field. 5. Produce positional articles/guidelines/expert consensus in the topics described above. ## Leads ![Smiling woman wearing glasses and a light blazer with short brown hair in a professional portrait surface.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NExT_EBrietzke.webp)Elisa Brietzke, Canada ![Professional head-and-shoulders portrait of a middle-aged man with short gray hair, wearing a white shirt and blue patterned tie, facing forward.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NExT_BLafer.webp)Beny Lafer, Brazil ## Members of Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg)Mohammad Alsuwaidan, Kuwait ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Vicent Balanzá, Spain ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Michael Berk, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Nicholas Fabiano, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Jess Fiedorowicz, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Mark Frye, USA ![Flag of Mexico: three vertical stripes green, white, red with the national emblem in the center white stripe: an eagle perched on a cactus devouring a serpent (Mexico)](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png)Manuel Gardea Resendez, Mexico ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Benjamin Goldstein, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Fabiano Gomes, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Ana Gonzalez-Pinto, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Elena Koning, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Rodrigo Mansur, Canada ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Wolfgang Marx, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Roumen Milev, Canada ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Lucas Neves, Brazil ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Andrew Nierenberg, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Andrew Olagunju, Canada ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Simon Rosenbaum, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Gayatri Saraf, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Erika Saunders, USA ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Felipe Schuch, Brazil ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Marco Solmi, Canada ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Brendon Stubbs, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Louisa Sylvia, USA ![Belgian flag: vertical black, yellow, and red stripes from left to right](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png)Davy Vancampfort, Belgium ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Tamsyn Van Rheenen, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Eduard Vieta, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Maj Vinberg, Denmark ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Lakshmi Yatham, Canada ## Task Force Updates ### Publications: #### Coming soon! ## Task Force Resources [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)All Task Force Resources](https://www.isbd.org/nutrition-and-exercise-task-force-next-resources/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/themes/elevation-framework-v4/assets/images/default.avif) May 14, 2026 ### On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force Video on evidence for nutrition and exercise based supportive therapies for bipolar disorder Nutrition and Exercise ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-template-task-forces-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## See All Task Forces [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Task Forces](https://www.isbd.org/task-forces/) --- ### [Big Data Analytics in Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/big-data-analytics-in-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TFPagesBanner-5.jpg "banner-default") # Big Data Analytics in Bipolar Disorder This task force aims to put together leading researchers in the field of bipolar disorder, big data and machine learning. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") **Big data is a broad term used to denote large volumes of complex measurements with high velocity and variety. As opposed to traditional statistical methods, big data analytics powered by machine learning allow predictions and stratification of clinical outcomes at the level of an individual subject. We believe, therefore, that new statistical tools and technologies from the field of machine learning will be critical for anyone practicing medicine, psychiatry, and behavioral sciences in the 21st century.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## The goals of this Task Force will show how these big data techniques: 1. Will give clinicians a broad perspective about how clinical decisions such as selection of treatment options, preventive strategies, prognosis orientations, and conversion to bipolar disorder can be changed by big data approach; 2. Will address clinical heterogeneity and help to build more consistent clinical phenotypes of bipolar disorder; 3. Will empower researchers with a different way to conceptualize studies in BD by using big data analytics approach. In addition, we also aim to discuss challenges in terms of what data could be used without jeopardizing individual privacy and freedom and the limitations of big data analytics. ## Leads ![Smiling bald man in a dark suit and white shirt seated at a desk with a laptop in an office setting.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/BigData_IPassosOpt2.webp)Ives Calalcante Passos, Brazil ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/List.svg)Flavio Kapczinski, Brazil ## Members of Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Martin Alda, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Gerard Anmella, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Pedro Ballester, Canada ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Michael Berk, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Boris Birmaher, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Elisa Brietzke, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Anne Duffy, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, Denmark ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Tina Goldstein, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Benno Haarman, The Netherlands ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Danella Hafeman, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Tomas Hajek, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Finnish-flag.svg)Erkki Isometsa, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Lars Vedel Kessing, Denmark ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Raymond Lam, Canada ![Flag of Colombia: three horizontal stripes—yellow top half, blue middle, red bottom.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/colombian-flag-scaled.webp)Carlos Lopez Jaramillo, Colombia ![Australian flag: blue field with Union Jack in the canton, a large white Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation of white stars on the right.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Australian-flag.webp)Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Australia ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Rodrigo Mansur, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Roger McIntyre, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Sandra Meier, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Luciano Minuzzi, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Benson Mwangi, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Eduard Vieta, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Lakshmi Yatham, Canada ![Flag of Brazil: green field with a yellow diamond, blue globe of stars, and a curved white band reading Ordem e Progresso.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/brazilian-flag.webp)Aline Zimerman, Brazil ## Task Force Updates ### Publications: #### 2022 Anmella G, Faurholt-Jepsen M, Hidalgo-Mazzei D, et al. Smartphone-based interventions in bipolar disorder: Systematic review and meta-analyses of efficacy. A position paper from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Big Data Task Force. [Bipolar Disord. 2022;24:580-614](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.13243). #### 2019 Passos IC, Ballester PL, Barros RC, et al. Machine learning and big data analytics in bipolar disorder: A position paper from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Big Data Task Force. [Bipolar Disord. 2019;21:582–594](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12828). ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-template-task-forces-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## See All Task Forces [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Task Forces](https://www.isbd.org/task-forces/) --- ### [Marketing Kit](https://www.isbd.org/marketing-kit/) **Published:** April 30, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Copy-of-Untitled-Design.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # 2026 Marketing Kit ## Help us promote the 2026 Conference! We hope that all ISBD Members and meeting attendees alike will help us promote this exceptional meeting opportunity. 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Click on the images below to open a downloadable version of the material. ### BANNERS [![Banner with Vancouver skyline and mountains; text reads '28th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, September 28-30, 2026, Vancouver, Canada, ISBD.org'](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Email-Signature-Banner.webp)](https://parthenonmgmt-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/p/kphy/ERLNShUaGwtKgYSxglVh-YIBbDrsvhkk-COo5cLkLJlScw?e=ScgvGI)Standard Banner Size- 900×291 px[![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Email-Signature-Banner-1.webp)](https://parthenonmgmt-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/p/kphy/ETXW8o7ohQ5MukXXRtmGvXYBPopnZR5-B6RJ0IygwwBfmg?e=pbRXxl)Email Signature Banner- 650×90 px ### Flyers [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD-2026-Speaker-Spotlight-Flyer.webp)](https://parthenonmgmt-my.sharepoint.com/personal/kphy_parthenonmgmt_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fkphy%5Fparthenonmgmt%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2F2026%20ISBD%20Marketing%20Kit%2FISBD%202026%20%2D%20Speaker%20Spotlight%20Flyer%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fkphy%5Fparthenonmgmt%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2F2026%20ISBD%20Marketing%20Kit&ga=1)Speaker Spotlight Flyer 8.5″ x 11″[![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD-2026-Save-the-Date_QR-code.webp)](https://parthenonmgmt-my.sharepoint.com/personal/kphy_parthenonmgmt_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fkphy%5Fparthenonmgmt%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2F2026%20ISBD%20Marketing%20Kit%2FISBD%202026%20%20Save%20the%20Date%5FQR%20code%2Epng&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fkphy%5Fparthenonmgmt%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2F2026%20ISBD%20Marketing%20Kit&ga=1)Save the Date Flyer- 4″x6″ Postcard ### Promo slide [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Promo-Slide-Image.webp)](https://parthenonmgmt-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/p/kphy/EZF2jg47pXpIgH0sfx9UujgBnzsAylTsK67rg92cK62nEw?e=11L377)Power Point Promotional Slide ### Teleconference Backgrounds [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Zoom-Background-1.webp)](https://parthenonmgmt-my.sharepoint.com/personal/kphy_parthenonmgmt_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fkphy%5Fparthenonmgmt%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2F2026%20ISBD%20Marketing%20Kit%2FZoom%20Background%201%2Epng&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fkphy%5Fparthenonmgmt%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2F2026%20ISBD%20Marketing%20Kit&ga=1)Teleconferenec Background Option 1[![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Zoom-Background-2.webp)](https://parthenonmgmt-my.sharepoint.com/personal/kphy_parthenonmgmt_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fkphy%5Fparthenonmgmt%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2F2026%20ISBD%20Marketing%20Kit%2FZoom%20Background%202%2Epng&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fkphy%5Fparthenonmgmt%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2F2026%20ISBD%20Marketing%20Kit&ga=1)Teleconference Background Option 2 ## Download the Full Marketing Kit Help us promote the 2026 event! 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Further details will be coming in the months ahead. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ISBD-2027-Generic-Save-the-Date.png) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-conferences-bg.webp "home-conferences-bg") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Conferencesto2026-1.png) ## Past ISBD Conferences ISBD has now held a total of 18 conferences in various locations around the world since 2004 and partnered with the International Conference on Bipolar Disorders from 1999 to 2013. ## Looking Back ISBD meetings have provided inspiring place, figures, science and experiences that have come to define the “ISBD Experience.” ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/836074975-harpa-night-front-scaled.webp) View Image 1 ![Silhouetted group of people helping each other climb a rocky ridge at sunset on a large presentation screen; presenter at a lectern in the foreground.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/836075329-keynote-with-slide-scaled.webp) View Image 2: Silhouetted group of people helping each other climb a rocky ridge at sunset on a large presentation screen; presenter at a lectern in the foreground. ![Group of people on stage posing with plaques during an awards ceremony, smiling at the camera against a blue backdrop.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/836079486-dsc_1609-scaled.webp) View Image 3: Group of people on stage posing with plaques during an awards ceremony, smiling at the camera against a blue backdrop. ![Group of people at a poster session studying a large research poster with charts and text, in a busy conference hall.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/836083673-dsc_8098-scaled.webp) View Image 4: Group of people at a poster session studying a large research poster with charts and text, in a busy conference hall. ![Group of professionals seated at round tables in a large conference room, engaged in discussion and notes during a workshop.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/836086810-02_0032-scaled.webp) View Image 5: Group of professionals seated at round tables in a large conference room, engaged in discussion and notes during a workshop. ![Speaker at a podium addressing a packed conference hall as audience members raise their glasses in a toast.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/836088841-03_0174-scaled.webp) View Image 6 ![Woman speaking at a wooden podium with a microphone in front of a projected slide behind her, in a conference setting.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/836091072-01_0144-scaled.webp) View Image 7 ![Four conference attendees with name badges smile for the camera while holding plates of food at a hotel buffet area.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/836094309-01_0348-scaled.webp) View Image 8 ![Crowd of professionals networking at a modern conference room, standing around round high-top tables with drinks and papers.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/836075560-speed-networking-inside-scaled.webp) View Image 9 ## Testimonials ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TCardoso_SGJIA2023.webp) “This conference is very special to me to the point that I already received job offers here.” **Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Erin_Michalak1.webp) “ISBD recognizes the importance and embraces different kinds of expertise … the expertise of family members and people who live with bipolar disorder themselves.” **Erin Michalak** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/CV_Ralph-Kupka_june-2022_English.webp) “Meeting people with the same interest, expanding my international network, that is really important … that’s why I have been an ISBD member for the last 25 years.” **Ralph Kupka** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Kamilla_web-e1786047190277.webp) “The implications of the findings of the \[Cognition\] task force for the field have actually been quite large, much greater than the impact we would have had … by individual research groups” **Kamilla Miskowiak** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Ayal_Schaffer2.webp) “Everyone here is really focused on the same thing, and that’s not something you experience in most other associations or organizations.” **Ayal Schaffer** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GHosang-scaled.webp) “Whenever we ask for support, … senior colleagues are falling over themselves to support us.” **Georgina Hosang** [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)2024 Conference Videos](https://www.isbd.org/2024-conference-videos/) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)2025 Conference Videos](https://www.isbd.org/2025-conference-videos/) --- ### [About Our Conferences](https://www.isbd.org/about-our-conferences/) **Published:** April 24, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD-Conferences.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # About Our Conferences ## ISBD’s annual meeting is the premier venue for clinicians, scientists, advocates, patients and caregivers to meet, present, and learn about new advances in the diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders. The conference offers an unparalleled platform for the top minds studying bipolar disorders to exchange ideas for the future. **Equity Statement**: The quality of the submitted proposal will be the primary factor considered in the scientific review process; however, inclusion of women, early career professionals, those with lived experience of bipolar disorder, and participants from diverse geographic regions will be taken into consideration when reviewing the suitability of proposals for the program. This reflects the continuing commitment of the ISBD to seek excellence through inclusion. If you would like to be added to the email distribution list to receive updates regarding submissions and the conference, please email Mary Miller at [marym@isbd.org](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=Conference%20email%20distribution%20addition) ## Conference Photo Gallery ### Chiba 2025 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01_0132-scaled.jpg) View Image 1 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01_0141-scaled.jpg) View Image 2 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01_0153-scaled.jpg) View Image 3 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01_0161-scaled.jpg) View Image 4 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01_0214-scaled.jpg) View Image 5 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01_0333-scaled.jpg) View Image 6 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01_0399-scaled.jpg) View Image 7 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/02_0299-scaled.jpg) View Image 8 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/02_0366-scaled.jpg) View Image 9 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/02_0497-scaled.jpg) View Image 10 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/03_0115-scaled.jpg) View Image 11 ### Mexico 2018 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-Opening-Suppes-1.webp) View Image 1: ISBD President Dr. Trisha Suppes addresses the audience. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-Opening-Sanchez-1.webp) View Image 2: Conference Chair Dr. Manuel Sanchez de Carmona welcomes delegates to Mexico City. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-Opening-Tohen-1.webp) View Image 3: Conference Scientific Program Committee Chair Dr. Mauricio Tohen speaks to delegates. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-Audience-3.webp) View Image 4: Delegates take in the 2018 Opening Ceremony. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-Awards-Gershon-Awards-1.webp) View Image 5: 2018 Awards ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-Awards-Mogens-Schou-1.webp) View Image 6: 2018 Awards ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-Awards-Mogens-Schou-Ha.webp) View Image 7: 2018 Mogens Schou Honoree Dr. Kyooseob Ha with ISBD President Dr. Trisha Suppes ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-Opening-Singer-1.webp) View Image 8: Singer Regina de Ovando shares an emotional original song during the 2018 Opening Ceremony. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-Opening-Bowden-Massey-2.webp) View Image 9: The audience applauds Dr. Charles and Virginia Bowden for their generous donation to further research by ISBD members. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-Welcome-Group-Candid-1.webp) View Image 10: Delegates enjoy the festive atmosphere at the 2018 ISBD Welcome Reception. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-MembershipMtg-1.webp) View Image 11: ISBD President Trisha Suppes addresses members during an interactive presentation and dinner event. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-Group-Candid-1.webp) View Image 12: Delegates from around the world attended ISBD 2018. ### Washington D.C. 2017 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DC-Opening-1.webp) View Image 1: Delegates wait for the Opening Ceremony in Washington D.C. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DC-Awards-Gershon-2.webp) View Image 2: Prof. Gin Malhi presents the Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Award to Dr. Alison Merikangas. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DC-Awards-Sanchez-Leboyer-Post.webp) View Image 3: 2017 Mogens Schou Award for Research Awardee Dr. Robert Post with ISBD President Manuel Sanchez de Carmona and 2011 Mogens Schou Honoree Dr. Marion Leboyer. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DC-Group-Sanchez-Selo-Silverman-1.webp) View Image 4: 2017 Awardee Randi Silverman with ISBD President Manuel Sanchez de Carmona and 2016 Honoree MaryLou Selo ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DC-Group-Brazil-1.webp) View Image 5: A large delegation of doctors from Brazil traveled to Washington D.C. for the meeting. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amsterdam-Candid-Group-Auditorium-1.webp) View Image 1: Delegates enter the auditorium at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for the opening ceremony. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amsterdam-Keynote-Calabrese-1.webp) View Image 2: Dr. Joseph Calabrese discusses Vincent Van Gogh's mental illness in his keynote presentation. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amsterdam-Keynote-VanTilborgh-1.webp) View Image 3: Dr. Louis van Tilborgh delivers the opening keynote on Vincent van Gogh's mental illness. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amsterdam-Awards-Alda-1.webp) View Image 4: Dr. Martin Alda accepts the 2016 Mogens Schou Award for Research. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amsterdam-Awards-Yatham-1.webp) View Image 5: Dr. Lakshmi Yatham, recipient of the 2016 Kupfer-Frank Distinctive Contribution Award ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amsterdam-Symposium-Vieta.webp) View Image 6: Dr. Eduard Vieta presents research data. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amsterdam-Posters-1.webp) View Image 7: Delegates discuss their posters. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amsterdam-Symposium-Groothuis-1.webp) View Image 8: Olympic gold medalist Stefan Groothuis shares his battle with depression. ### Amsterdam 2016 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/callout.avif "callout-content-box-1094") ## 2026 Conference Information [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Learn more about the conference](https://www.isbd.org/annual-conference/) --- ### [Our Community](https://www.isbd.org/our-community/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Our-Community-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Our Community ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WomenIniative2017-scaled.webp) ## You Belong Here ISBD is an open and inclusive Society that builds its strength on connecting and empowering people to advance the understanding and treatment of bipolar disorder through collaboration. This collaboration takes many forms, including our early- mid-career committee’s community of practice, our European Bipolar Alliance, our task forces, our women’s initiative group, and through supporting and promoting the World Bipolar Day campaign. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Participant-List-scaled.webp) We welcome and encourage involvement from all geographic regions, genders, degreed programs, and career stages and tracks. We seek to actively embed the voice of those with lived experience of bipolar disorder through our lived experience council and embrace their expertise through the Experts by Experience track in our conference. ### To understand more about what it means to be part of our community, please see the video from Professor Erin Michalak below. ## Community Building Across Organizations ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Group-Conference-Photo-2017-scaled.webp) ISBD is also working to bring the collective wisdom of those from numerous organizations working in the mood disorder space, along with partner organizations with related missions, together to - Create greater awareness of the landscape of work being done in the field - Address funding challenges in bipolar disorder research - Develop a common set of goals, objectives and initiatives for the field which can create synergies and increase effectiveness of these organizations. To this end, the ISBD has invited some of the leading organizations in the field to a summit to be held in conjunction with our 2026 ISBD Annual Conference and we are eager to share the results with our community. --- ### [For Professionals](https://www.isbd.org/for-professionals/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/For-Professionals-Banner.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # For Professionals ## Our Bipolar Practice and Knowledge Exchange Hub The professional pages are ISBD’s bi-directional gateway for education, networking, career development, and more. ### Professional Resources Our directory is a hub for all ISBD developed content and includes resources for non-members and members alike, including those with lived experience. In the directory you can find our task force deliverables, enduring materials from our conferences (e.g., session recordings), clinical tip sheets, and educational videos. Below is a link to one of the Conference Session recordings that we are offering to everyone to illustrate the deep learning to be found in the directory #### Optimizing Cognitive Screening and Pro-Cognitive Intervention Strategies in Bipolar Disorder: Clinical Needs, Current Evidence, and Future Directions Presenter: Kamilla Miskowiak ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/shutterstock_2630104075-scaled.webp) ### Task Force Resources The Task Force Resources pages focus and supplement resources in our directory with adding offerings for clinicians from our task forces, including assessment forms, links to publications and educational booklets to share with patients. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Suicide-Task-Force-scaled.webp) ### Task Forces ISBD task forces are the engine driving ISBD research collaboration in the Society. This section provides an overview, news, and resources for each task force, as well as task force membership applications and resources for existing task forces. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EMCC.webp) ### Early Mid-Career Committee (EMCC) The EMCC produces content for those in the first half-of their career trajectory who want to establish a career in bipolar disorders. The EMCC has developed both a workshop and a networking session for our conferences, but also has asynchronous content and a Community of Practice on Slack, which all early and mid-career professionals are welcome to join. ### Newsfeed The newsfeed features updates on ISBD activities, from task force updates to awards and conference information. This is the best way to keep up to date with everything going on in the Society. --- ### [ISBD Task Force Guidelines and Forms](https://www.isbd.org/isbd-task-force-guidelines-and-forms/) **Published:** April 23, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # ISBD Task Force Guidelines and Forms ## The ISBD is committed to supporting Task Forces (TF) in their education, research and clinical initiatives. Listed below are the ISBD Task Force Guidelines and accompanying documents. Please review all guidelines and complete the requested documents when necessary. Please [email Mary Miller](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=ISBD%20TF%20Guidelines%20and%20Document%20inquiry) with any questions or to submit completed forms. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-tertiary-hover-arrow.svg)Task Force Proposal and Oversight Guidelines](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Task_Force_Proposal_and_Oversight_09_15_2020.pdf) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-tertiary-hover-arrow.svg)Guidelines for Manuscript Development](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Guidelines_Manuscript_Development_09_15_2020.pdf) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-tertiary-hover-arrow.svg)Guidelines for Open Access Fee Request](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Guidelines_Open_Access_Request_09_15_2020.pdf) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-tertiary-hover-arrow.svg)Notice of Manuscript Submission Form](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Notice_of_Manuscript_Submission_Form_09_15_2020.docx) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") We are currently not accepting new task force applications for 2026. If you are interested in submitting a new task Force idea, please [email Mary Miller](marym@isbd.org "email Mary Miller") --- ### [Privacy Policy](https://www.isbd.org/privacy-policy/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/shutterstock_659995651-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # International Society for Bipolar Disorders Privacy Policy Last updated: July 1, 2026 IInternational Society for Bipolar Disorders (“we,” “our,”or “us”) has created this Privacy Policy to describe our practices in connection with the information that we collect through our website at www.isbd.org (the “website”), our social media pages (collectively, our “Social Media Pages”), HTML-formatted email messages that we send to you that link to this Privacy Policy (the “email messages”) (collectively, including the websites, our social media pages and the email messages, the “Services”) or when you make online or offline donations. 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MISCELLANEOUS 1. **Governing Law.** These Terms of Use of the Services are governed by the laws of the United States and, in any dispute, shall be governed and construed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, excluding its conflicts of law rules. 2. **Disputes Resolution.** If you have any concern or dispute about the Services, you agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting ISBD. 3. **Severability.** Should one or more clauses in these Terms of Use be deemed invalid or unenforceable, such determination will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other clause contained herein. 4. **Waiver.** Except as provided herein, the failure to exercise a right or to require performance of an obligation under these Terms of Use shall not affect ISBD’s ability to exercise such right or require such performance at any time thereafter nor shall the waiver of a breach constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach. --- ### [Mentorship](https://www.isbd.org/professional-development/) **Published:** April 30, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EMCC-Banner.avif "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # EMCC Mentorship ![Two colleagues sit at a table outside an office, reviewing documents and discussing a project.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mentoring2.webp) ## ISBD Early Mid-Career Committee Mentorship Here you will find information on the Society’s mentorship program and videos from an EMCC mentorship symposium. The mentorship program is available exclusively to ISBD members; however, you can access a wealth of expertise through the Society’s Community of Practice, where peer-to-peer exchange can be incredibly valuable. ### Mentorship Application Process *The ISBD mentorship Program Application period is now closed.* The EMCC has established a Mentorship Program. The program is available exclusively for **ISBD members** and matches those at early stages of their career with more senior members of the Society for career advice and support. Details of the program follow. - 1. The first step is to carefully read, accept, and return a signed [Mentee Acknowledgement Form](https://www.isbd.org/Files/Admin/EMCC/Mentee%2DAcknowledgement%2DForm%2Edocx) to the ISBD office via email to [chadd@isbd.org](mailto:chadd@isbd.org?subject=EMC%20Mentorship%20Acknowledgment%20Form). 2. After receipt of the form, ISBD will email prospective mentees a link to the mentorship database and application form to submit their CV, the names of up to 3 identified mentors (Ranked by priority), and a one-page personal statement, including a description of what they want to get out of the mentorship experience and how that will help them at this point in their career. 3. Once the application is received, the EMCC will reach out to mentors with the mentees application and check whether they agree/not agree with the potential match. Contact to specific mentors will take place on a “first-come, first-served” basis. 4. Once the mentor agrees and the mentor-mentee pair is formed, an introductory email will be sent to the mentor-mentee pair with a detailed description of the program (including a reminder of the program’s expectations), with a template for a mentorship agreement attached. As soon as the contact between both parties is initiated, mentors and mentees will have the freedom to define the specific format of their mentorship relationship, including frequency of meetings, duration, and specific milestones. 5. A follow up email will be sent 6 months after the start of the mentoring interactions. The email will contain a survey form to assess metrics of mentorship success and format, including satisfaction, frequency of meetings, and interest in continuing the program. We look forward to your future participation. Should you have any questions, please contact Chad Daversa at [chadd@isbd.org](mailto:chadd@isbd.org?subject=Mentorship%20Question) **EMCC MENTORSHIP CO-LEADS** The mentorship program is overseen by EMCC Committee members Dr. Balwinder Singh and Dr. Annabel Vreeker (pictured below). Read brief bios for both by clicking on the images below. #### Dr. Balwinder Singh [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SinghB-320x400.png)](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Singh_ISBD_Bio.pdf) #### Dr. Annabel Vreeker [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Vreeker-e1781809485110-320x400.jpg)](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Vreeker_ISBD_Bio.pdf) Below you will find two videos from the EMCC events held in conjunction with the 2022 ISBD Experience. These events, in addition to serving as the first public presentions of the Committee, were focused on mentorship and targeted toward different geographic regions to get a broad sampling of input. Both events include perspectives of senior ISBD members reflecting on the role of the mentor as well as junior members of the EMCC relating their personal experiences. The result is a rich discussion containing many valuable lessons on mentorship. We hope you enjoy these offerings. #### EMCC Event 1 #### EMCC Event 2 --- ### [Engage with us](https://www.isbd.org/engage-with-us/) **Published:** April 29, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Get-Involved.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Engage with us ## Join Explore member benefits and become part of an international collective of clinicians, professionals, and researchers striving to improve the lives of the millions of people living with bipolar disorder worldwide. 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[![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-tertiary-hover-arrow.svg)Donate](https://www.isbd.org/donate/) ## Organize Raise awareness for bipolar disorder by creating or participating in a World Bipolar Day event on March 30th. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-tertiary-hover-arrow.svg)World Bipolar Day](https://www.isbd.org/world-bipolar-day/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) --- ### [Early Mid Career](https://www.isbd.org/early-mid-career/) **Published:** April 23, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EMCCBackground.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Early Mid Career Programs ## The Future of ISBD The purpose of the ISBD Early Mid-Career Committee (EMCC) is to provide a forum dedicated to fostering the requisite skills and experience necessary for the establishment of a productive career in research/clinical practice focused on advancing understanding of or improving outcomes for those with bipolar disorder and related conditions. As such, the committee aims to support those in the first half of their career trajectory. For a video from founding co-chair Dr. Georgina Hosang on the EMCC from the 2023 Chicago Meeeting, [see below](#video) This support may take the form of developing peer-to-peer activities, educational courses, linkage with senior mentors, or any other activity which promotes the career objectives of ISBD’s early and mid-career professionals. The Committee is addressing critical challenges and opportunities relevant to this group, including, securing grant funding, making connections with others working in the field, receiving guidance and mentorship, fostering work-life balance, and any other challenges or opportunities that may be identified by the committee in the pursuit of its goals. At this time, we are pleased to offer: - Our new community of practice (CoP) on the Slack platform, - Webinars on mentoring recorded for our 2022 Virtual Meeting and from the 2025 launch of our CoP (see below). - Tip Sheets on publishing and growing your professional network from our 20024 and 2025 Conferences (on our Slack CoP channel). - Yearly mentorship opportunities. - A workshop and networking session at our upcoming conference. - A Journal Club launching soon on the Slack CoP channel. ### Learn More About Early Mid Career [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Committee](https://www.isbd.org/committee/) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)EMCC Resources](https://www.isbd.org/emcc-resources/) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Professional Development](https://www.isbd.org/professional-development/) ### Community of Practice (CoP) The ISBD has recently held two virtual sessions to launch its Community of Practice (CoP). The CoP aims to be responsive to the needs of early- mid-career professionals interested in the field of bipolar disorders by creating a community of like-minded people who are coming together to learn, share resources, and collaborate, all with a goal to advance their career prospects as a bipolar disorder researcher or clinician. We are pleased to offer the following 2 video recordings of these sessions to allow those who may not be familiar with the ISBD or the EMCC to learn more about what we do. While the CoP is open to all early- mid-career professionals, some opportunities, including participation in our mentorship program, are reserved for members. If you would like to learn more about the EMCC or be added to a list for future CoP events, please email Chad Daversa at [chadd@isbd.org](mailto:chadd@isbd.org?subject=Join%20CoP%20Email%20List). ### Publications **The Early Mid-Career Committee of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders: Aspirations and goals.** Rebekah S. Huber, Katie M. Douglas, Sarah H. Sperry, Fabiano A. Gomes, Tamsyn E. Van Rheenen, Ni Xu, Georgina M. Hosang 21 December 2022, One of the Committees first initiatives was to conduct a needs survey of early and mid-career researchers, and the result of this survey were also published in the *Bipolar Disorders* Journal and are available through open access support provided by the ISBD. You can click on the link below to access this paper. **Barriers to and facilitators of success for early and mid-career professionals focused on bipolar disorder: A global needs survey by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders.** Sarah H. Sperry, Katie M. Douglas, Olivia M. Dean, Gabriel R. Fries, Fabiano A. Gomes, Georgina M. Hosang, Emma Morton, Bronya Sandorffy, Tamsyn E. Van Rheenen, Ni Xu, Rebekah S. Huber 30 June 2023, Another anticipated deliverable from the needs survey, and the impetus to conduct the survey, is the identification of initiatives that the ISBD EMCC would like to pursue in order to support those junior colleagues looking to establish a career in the field of bipolar disorders. These initiatives are described in an official manifesto paper and several accompanying commentaries that have been published in *Bipolar Disorders*. #### ISBD EMCC MANIFESTO PAPER **Supporting career development for early- and mid-career professionals working in the bipolar disorder field: Key initiatives to be implemented by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Early- and Mid-Career Committee** Katie M. Douglas, Sarah H. Sperry, Olivia M. Dean, Gabriel R. Fries, Fabiano A. Gomes, Joanna Jimenez-Pavon, Emma Morton, Rachel H.B. Mitchell, Tamsyn E. Van Rheenen, Norma Verdolini, Ni Xu, Georgina M. Hosang, Rebekah S. Huber 15 April 2024, [https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.13416](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.13416) As of Spring 2024, this document outlines specific initiatives which the Early Mid-Career Committee will prioritize based on the global need survey results above and subsequent polling at the ISBD 2023 Chicago conference, including post-conference follow up. You will already see some of these initiatives being actioned at the ISBD conference, while others will materialize on this website or through our CoP. The commentaries below expand on the domains covered by the manifesto paper and provide additional details on these initiatives. #### MANIFESTO COMMENTARIES **Fostering Networking Opportunities and Creating a Community of Early and Mid-Career Clinicians and Researchers in the International Society for Bipolar Disorders** Fabiano A. Gomes, Rebekah F. Huber, Sarah H. Sperry, Tamsyn E. Van Rheenen **From Knowledge Gaps to Career Opportunties: The Early- to Mid-Career Committee’s Impact on Increasing Resources for Bipolar Disorder Professionals** Joanna Jimenez-Pavon, Olivia M. Dean, Georgina M. Hosang, Katie M. Douglas, Rebekah S. Huber, Rachel H.B. Mitchell **The critical role of mentorship in academic career development: A commentary on proposed initiatives by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Early Mid-Career Committee** Gabriel R. Fries, Sarah H. Sperry, Tamsyn E. Van Rheenen, Emma Morton [https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.13422](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.13422) In our 2023 Conference in Chicago we sat down to record a video with founding EMCC Co-Chair Dr. Georgina Hosang to discuss the EMCC: Past, Present and Future, which is included below and provides a glimpse into the activities of the Committee circa 2023. We encourage those junior colleagues interested in establishing themselves as bipolar disorder researchers and clinicians to return to these pages frequently for support, encouragement and resources to help you on your way. To get the most out of these resources, please considering joining ISBD as a member. ### ISBD Early Mid-Career Committee (EMCC): Past, Present and Future **Dr. Georgina Hosing** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/callout.avif "callout-content-box-1094") ### EMCC APPLICATIONS CLOSED EMCC Applications are currently closed. --- ### [World Bipolar Day](https://www.isbd.org/world-bipolar-day/) **Published:** April 30, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # World Bipolar Day ![World Bipolar Day logo with purple text saying 'WORLD BIPOLAR DAY' and 'MARCH 30' beside a blue‑pink gradient circle symbol.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WBD-Logo.webp) ## Celebrated every year on March 30th, World Bipolar Day (WBD) is a world-wide awareness initiative of ISBD in conjunction with the Asian Network of Bipolar Disorder (ANBD) and the International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF). Through international collaboration, WBD provides a platform for: - Global education - Open discussion - Improved sensitivity about bipolar disorder If you would like to support World Bipolar Day by adding the logo overlay to your social media profile picture please [click here](https://twibbon.com/support/world-bipolar-day-2). ## An Opportunity to Connect For those living with bipolar disorder, WBD offers an opportunity to connect with others as well as assistance in gaining access to valuable resources and relationships that can improve their lives through treatment. WBD’s ultimate goal is to inspire a global shift in thinking that will eliminate social stigma and promote acceptance. We encourage you to organize, publicize, and attend local events. > **“WBD is an excellent opportunity for us \[ISBD members\] to reach out to patients, families and advocacy groups to invite them to work together on this global project to sensitize and bring awareness to bipolar disorders. WBD is a platform to think global and act local – our vision will be attained with a motivated and strong local effort”** > > **Manuel Sanchez de Carmona** > > ISBD President. > **“I am so excited about this project and its message. It is so important to educate the world and fight the stigma that is associated with mental illness. Bipolar does not have to be scary. I am the face of Bipolar. I am just like everyone else. With the right treatment plan, I am able to live a stable and happy life.”** > > **Christine Saenz** > > Patient and blogger. ![Round white badges with a red-blue logo spread across a dark table at a World Diabetes Day event.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SABAD-baner.webp) ### Visit the official World Bipolar Day site [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)World Bipolar Day](https://www.worldbipolarday.org/) --- ### [Accessibility Policy](https://www.isbd.org/accessibility-policy/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Accessibility Policy ## Accessibility Policy – Coming Soon: --- ### [Committee](https://www.isbd.org/committee/) **Published:** April 30, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EMCC-Banner.avif "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # EMCC Committee Membership ## Introducing the ISBD EMCC Co-Chairs ![Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling man with red hair and a beard, wearing a light blue button-down shirt, standing against a white background.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Crouse1.webp) ### Dr. Jacob Crouse, ISBD EMCC Co-Chair It has been such a privilege to contribute in a small way to the ISBD EMCC over the past year and a half. I have made wonderful connections, grown personally and professionally, and feel (through my stronger connection to ISBD) that I have found a professional home in the Society more generally. My vision for ISBD takes the following form. First, I would like to take stock of where the EMCC has been since its inception, and to see which of the EMCR needs require attention. The world has changed since that first survey (e.g., state of science in the US) and certain EMCR needs (e.g., funding) seem more salient and urgent. Relatedly, I would like to explore how we can make bipolar researchers as competitive for funding as people working in depression and psychosis (e.g., via awards, better spotlighting, etc.). Second, I would love to be involved in furthering the reach of the CoP (particularly to connect EMCRs living in low middle income countries to the ISBD community) and for the CoP to become an organic placed for meeting, learning/teaching (e.g., regular webinars) and for igniting collaborations. I would aspire to a membership of 100 EMCR members in the CoP. Third, I’d like to keep up the EMCC’s excellent track record of publications in BDJ and continue this with perspectives and other survey-based studies (if relevant topics arise). Finally, I would like to do more to help tackle the stigma of bipolar and to encourage events that have the energetic spirit of World Bipolar Day. ![Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling blonde woman in a black blazer outdoors by the water.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Kjaerstadd.webp) ### Dr. Hanne Lie Kjærstad, ISBD EMCC Co-Chair During my first term, I have enjoyed contributing to EMCC activities, including organizing the networking “bingo” event at the ISBD 2024 Conference in Iceland and presenting at the Community of Practice webinar series. These experiences have reinforced my belief in the value of the EMCC as a platform for community-building, collaboration, and support among early and mid-career researchers and clinicians. I wish to contribute to a culture of openness around systemic challenges – including early-career transitions, research pressures, and work-life balance, through organised events and structured peer support. In particular, I see great potential in further developing the Community of Practice into a sustainable and inclusive space that fosters collaboration, knowledge exchange and a sense of belonging among early mid-career researchers and clinicians. This includes both educational content and practical support for professional development, such as grant writing, scientific communication, and building a competitive academic CV. I would also like to continue contributing to the conference activities tailored to this group, including workshops and networking events, and I am eager to help strengthen international collaboration and increase visibility across EMCC members. Given that many of the challenges disproportionately affect women in academia, particularly during the early to mid-career stages, I would also be keen to encourage closer synergy between the EMCC and the ISBD Women’s Initiative. ## Committee Members The following members of the EMCC proudly lend their efforts to advance the Committee’s goals. **Dr. Jacob Crouse (Chair) Dr. Hanne Lie Kjærstad (Chair)** - Dr. Frances Nkechi Adiukwu - Dr. Melissa Batt - Dr. Elvira Boere - Dr. Michele de Prisco - Dr. Mikaela Dimick - Dr. Mete Ercis - Dr. Adam Fijtman - Dr. Marie Gaine - Dr. John-Jose Nunez - Dr. Aswin Ratheesh - Dr. Elysha Ringin - Dr. Luisa Rotenberg - Dr. Balwinder Singh - Dr. Dimosthenis Tsapekos - Dr. Maya Schumer - Dr. Glauco Valdivieso Jimenez - Dr. Annabel Vreeker - Dr. Ni Xu --- ### [Best Paper Awards](https://www.isbd.org/best-paper-awards/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Best Paper Awards ![Three men on a conference stage; two shake hands at a purple-topped table while a third man stands at a podium with a poster and a laptop nearby.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Best-Paper-of-the-Year-Award-Kessing2.webp) ## ISBD Best Paper of the Year Award The International Society for Bipolar Disorders recognizes and promotes the most highly regarded manuscripts published in our journal, Bipolar Disorders, each year with the Best Paper of the Year Award. First presented in 2015, the Award reflects the exceptional work of the winners as well as the quality and reputation of the journal. In a collaboration between ISBD and Bipolar Disorders, papers are evaluated by a panel of judges selected by the leadership of both organizations under the auspices of the ISBD Awards Committee. The authors of the top three manuscripts—a winner and two runners up—are recognized during the ISBD Awards Ceremony at our annual conference. ### 2019 Winners: #### 1st Place – Neuropsychological effects of multiple mood episodes on bipolar disorder Logan Borgelt, Stephen M Strakowski, Melissa P DelBello, Wade Weber, James C. Eliassen, Richard A Komoroski, Wen-Jang Chu, Jeffery A Welge, Thomas J Blom, Emily Rummelhoff, Maxwell Tallman, Jing-Huei Lee, Caleb M Adler #### 2nd Place – Functional outcome assessment in bipolar disorder: A systematic literature review. Maxine Chen, Heather M. Fitzgerad, Jessica J. Madera, Mauricio Tohen #### 3rd Place – Differences between unipolar mania and bipolar-I disorder: Evidence from nine epidemiological studies. Jules Angst, Wulf Rossler, Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross, Felix Angst, Hans Ulrich Wittchen, Rosalind Lieb, Katja Beesdo-Baum, Eva Asselmann, Kathleen Merikangas, Lihong Cui, Laura H Andrade, Maria C Viana, Femke Lamers, Brenda WJH Penninx, Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso, Karen Jansen, Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza, Ricardo Azevedo da Silva, Flavio Kapzinski, Christoffel Grobler, Mehdi Gholam-Rezaee, Martin Preisig, Caroline L Vandeleur ### 2018 Winners: #### 1st Place – Adjunctive probiotic microorganisms to prevent rehospitalization in patients with acute mania: A randomised controlled trial Faith Dickerson, Maria Adamos, Emily Katsafanas, Sunil Khushalani, Andrea Origoni, Christina Savage, Lucy Schweinfurth, Cassie Stallings, Kevin Sweeney, Joshana Goga, Robert H Yolken #### 2nd Place – Episode forecasting in bipolar disorder: Is energy better than mood? Abigail Ortiz, Kamil Bradler, Arend Hintze #### 3rd Place – Altered frontal-amygdala effective connectivity during effortful emotion regulation in bipolar disorder Liwen Zhang, Esther M Opmeer, Lisette van der Meer, André Aleman, Branislava Ćurčić‐Blake, Henricus G Ruhé ### 2017 Winners: #### 1st Place – Step-wise loss of antidepressant effectiveness with repeated antidepressant trials in bipolar II depression Jay D Amsterdam, Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, Robert J DeRubeis #### 2nd Place – Blue-blocking glasses as additive treatment for mania: a randomized placebo-controlled trial Tone EG Henriksen, Silge Skrede, Ole B Fasmer, Helle Schoeyen, Ieba Leskauskaite, Jeanette Bjorke-Bertheussen, Jorg Assmus, Borge Hamre, Janne Gronli, Anders Lund #### 3rd Place – Anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis Joshua D Rosenblat, Ron Kakar, Michael Berk, Lars V Kessing, Maj Vinberg, Bernhard T Baune, Rodrigo B Mansur, Elisa Brietzke, Benjamin I Goldstein, Roger S McIntyre ### 2016 Winners: #### 1st Place – Celecoxib adjunctive therapy for acute bipolar mania: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial Somayeh Arabzadeh, Niusha Ameli, Atefeh Zeinoddini, Farzin Rezaei, Mehdi Farokhnia, Payam Mohammadinejad, Ali Ghaleiha and Shahin Akhondzadeh #### 2nd Place – Longer lithium exposure is associated with better white matter integrity in older adults with bipolar disorder Ariel G Gildengers, Meryl A Butters, Howard J Aizenstein, Megan M Marron, James Emanuel, Stewart J Anderson, Lisa A Weissfeld, James T Becker, Oscar L Lopez, Benoit H Mulsant and Charles F Reynolds III #### 3rd Place – Life expectancy in bipolar disorder Lars Vedel Kessing, Eleni Vradi and Per Kragh Andersen ### 2015 Winners: #### 1st Place – Type and duration of subsyndromal symptoms in youth with bipolar I disorders prior to their first manic episode Christoph U Correll, Marta Hauser, Julie B Penzner, Andrea M Auther, Vivian Kafantaris, Ema Saito, Doreen Olvet, Ricardo E Carrión, Boris Birmaher, Kiki D Chang, Melissa P DelBello, Manpreet K Singh, Mani Pavuluri and Barbara A Cornblatt #### 2nd Place – A five-year follow-up study of neurocognitive functioning in bipolar disorders José Luis Santos, Ana Aparicio, Alexandra Bagney, Eva María Sánchez-Morla, Roberto Rodríguez-Jiménez, Jorge Mateo and Miguel Ángel Jiménez-Arriero #### 3rd Place – Polymorphism of circadian clock genes and prophylactic lithium response Janusz K Rybakowski, Monika Dmitrzak-Weglarz, Sebastian Kliwicki and Joanna Hauser --- ### [SGJIA](https://www.isbd.org/sgjia/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Gershon-Awards.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Awards ## Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Award In an ongoing effort to recognize the outstanding work of future leaders in the field, the International Society for Bipolar Disorders is proud to offer the Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Awards for up to four young investigators for their original research publication submissions. The Awards are named in honor of Dr. Samuel Gershon, an early pioneer of lithium research who introduced lithium to the US from Australia. He was a founding member of the ISBD, its first elected president, and an Editor-in-Chief of Bipolar Disorders, the official Society journal. **The 2026 SGJIA application period is now CLOSED. Thank you to those who have applied. Please email Mary Miller at [marym@isbd.org](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=2024%20SGJIA%20Inquiry) with inquiries.** [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Click here to see the previous winners](https://www.isbd.org/award-winners-samuel-gershon-junior-investigator-award) ## Eligibility To honor Samuel Gershon’s vision to advance research in psychiatry, we will accept applications for this award from any individual engaged in the pursuit of understanding and improving outcomes for bipolar disorder. Eligible applicants must: - Have a clear scholarly focus in bipolar disorders - Work in academic settings where they are pursuing research activities - Presently be a trainee, postgraduate student, or at a relatively early stage in their career. Faculty members up to and including Assistant Professor rank working in the field of bipolar disorders will be considered Applicants from around the world, irrespective of age, nationality, sex, or race are encouraged to apply. Winners from previous years are NOT eligible to apply. ***New for 2026 – you may apply for either the Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Awards OR the EMC Travel Awards, but not both. Individuals who submit applications for both awards will not be considered for either.*** ## Developing Country Criteria In order to promote research interest in bipolar disorder in developing countries, two of the awards will be reserved for those from low and middle-income countries, as defined by the current year World Bank Classification. [You can find the current list here](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/World-Bank-Classifications-November-2024.pdf). In order for your application to qualify as a developing country submission, a statement from an advisor/mentor certifying that the research was conducted in a developing country must be submitted with your application. This statement can be included in the letter of support as requested in the Application Instructions. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines3-1.avif) ## Manuscript Requirements A manuscript focused on a key aspect of bipolar disorders must be included in the application package. The manuscript should be based on original work that has not been published elsewhere and demonstrates a significant contribution from the author submitting for this award (**reflected by first/last authorship on the paper**). Papers can be submitted or under review but cannot be published. The paper should be submitted as an article formatted for publication according to style guidelines of *Bipolar Disorders*. Paper will be accepted in the following categories: Review Articles: These papers provide a timely and useful synthesis of a topic within psychiatry. They may have a clinical and/or research focus. Original Articles: These are papers that report original high-quality research. Examples include articles illustrating novel findings, innovation and clinical trials. **Article type****Max Word Count****Max # references****Abstract/Keywords**Review Article4000-75000100YesOriginal Article500050Yes[This information was taken directly from the *Bipolar Disorders* website. For more information, click here.](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/13995618/homepage/forauthors.html) **IMPORTANT**– The *BDJ* manuscript format guidelines are used to provide consistency across all SGJIA applications. The manuscript that is submitted for the SGJIA will NOT be published in *BDJ* as part of the award process. All authors must independently and separately submit their manuscript to *BDJ* should they wish it to be considered for publication. The SGJIA application and/or review process has no influence on any future *BDJ* submissions and/or reviews. ## Award Details Awards will be judged on the originality of the content, as well as the significance of the findings reported, and will be evaluated by an international scientific panel under the auspices of the ISBD. The applicant’s potential for long term commitment and contributions specifically to the field of bipolar disorder will also be evaluated. *All panel decisions will be final.* The awards, which are contingent upon attendance at the annual conference, will consist of: - A travel expense stipend to be reimbursed by the ISBD following attendance at the annual conference. This stipend is meant to cover most aspects of travel to the meeting, including airfare and local transport. - Three nights accommodation based on single occupancy conference booking rates at a hotel organized by the ISBD - An award plaque - Waived registration fees for the annual meeting the year of award, and - One-year ISBD Membership ## Award Presentation and Notification Winners will be notified in May 2026. All winners will be expected to attend the 28th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders taking place September 28-30, 2026, in Vancouver, Canada. Please contact Mary Miller at [marym@isbd.org](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=SGJIA%20Inquiry) with any questions. ## Hear From our 2023 Winner **Taiane de Azevedo Carodoso** --- ### [Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder (OABD)](https://www.isbd.org/older-adults-with-bipolar-disorder-oabd/) **Published:** May 1, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-banner.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder (OABD) The world’s population is aging, yet less attention has focused on understanding how bipolar disorder manifests in later life. The task force is a group of international experts focused on improving outcomes for older-age patients with bipolar disorder (OABD). Find out more about the work of this group here. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-intro-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") **The OABD Task Force was established in 2012, and is currently in what we may term Phase/Wave 3 – where one of the main activities is to pool data between international sites and work on projects together using previously collected archival data from completed studies (e.g. with the recent GAGE-BD grant 2018-2021). Phase 1 was a task force report, while Phase 2 involved different OABD reviews of the literature. Phase 4, it is hoped, would eventually be to create guidelines for prospective data collection for an OABD clinical research consortium that would conduct novel, global investigations. In addition, several related projects can be embedded in the taskforce, with an overall goal to provide relevant and evidence-based guidance on diagnosis and treatment specific for OABD.** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-left-bg.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") [Objectives](#section-1) [Leads](#section-2) [Members of Task Force](#section-3) [Task Force Updates](#section-4) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-nav-pills-right-bg-1.webp "task-nav-pills-right-bg-1") ## Objectives 1. Create awareness of the clinical phenotype of aging in BD including cognitive and somatic comorbidities. 2. Provide information to people with OABD, their family members, and their treating clinicians about evidence-based practice for diagnosis, treatment, and improving quality of life outcomes. 3. Facilitate global collaborative work to understand the aging process for those living with bipolar disorder and the unique needs of people with OABD. 4. Investigate shared and unique features of OABD and its treatment across different countries. ## Leads ![Close-up of a smiling woman with wavy light brown hair wearing a red and black floral dress and a silver necklace.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/OABDTF_LEyler-scaled.webp)Lisa Eyler, USA ![Close-up portrait of a smiling woman outdoors, wearing a multicolored scarf and a blue top with trees in the background.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/OABDTF_PNunesR.webp)Paula Nunez, Brazil/Canada ## Members of Task Force ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Hilary Blumberg, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)PJ Chen, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Annemiek Dols, The Netherlands ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Brent Forester, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Gabriel Fries, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Jennifer Gatchel, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Ari Gildengers, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Lars Vedel Kessing, Denmark ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Camila de Carvalho Lima, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Laura Montejo, Spain ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/denmark-flag.svg)Fleming Nilsson, Denmark ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Andrew Olagunju, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Melis Orhan, The Netherlands ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Regan Patrick, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/usa-flag.svg)Martha Sajatovic, USA ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/netherlands-flag.svg)Sigfried Schouws, The Netherlands ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canadian-flag.svg)Ken Shulman, Canada ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/taiwan-flag.svg)Shang-ying Tsai, Taiwan ![Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) with red, white, and blue cross design across a blue field.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UK-flag-scaled.webp)Elizabeth Tyler, UK ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spain-flag.svg)Eduard Vieta, Spain ## Task Force Updates ### Publications: #### 2023 Montejo L, Orhan M, Chen P, Eyler LT, Gildengers A, Martinez-Aran A, Nunes PV, Olagunju AT, Patrick R, Vieta E, Dols A, Jimenez E. Functioning in older adults with bipolar disorder: A report on recommendations by the International Society of bipolar disorder (ISBD) older adults with bipolar disorder (OABD) task force. *Bipolar Disord*. 2023 Sep;25(6):457-468. [Epub 2023 Jul 26. PMID: 37495508](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.13368). #### 2021 Olagunju AT, Morgan JA, Aftab A, Gatchel JR, Chen P, Dols A, Sajatovic M, Regenold WT. A review of the evidence base for nutrition and nutritional supplements in older adults with bipolar disorder: A report from the OABD task force. *J Frailty Aging*. 2021;10(3):241-246. [PMID: 34105708; PMCID: PMC8715337](https://www.jfrailtyaging.com/all-issues.html?article=834). #### 2016 Dols A, Kessing LV, Strejilevich SA, Rej S, Tsai SY, Gildengers AG, Almeida OP, Shulman KI, Sajatovic M; International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force for Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder. Do current national and international guidelines have specific recommendations for older adults with bipolar disorder? A brief report. *Int J Geriatr Psychiatry*. 2016 Dec;31(12):1295-1300. [Epub 2016 Jul 21. PMID: 27442023](https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4534). #### 2015 Sajatovic M, Strejilevich SA, Gildengers AG, Dols A, Al Jurdi RK, Forester BP, Kessing LV, Beyer J, Manes F, Rej S, Rosa AR, Schouws SN, Tsai SY, Young RC, Shulman KI. A report on older-age bipolar disorder from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force. *Bipolar Disord*. 2015 Nov;17(7):689-704. [Epub 2015 Sep 19. PMID: 26384588; PMCID: PMC4623878](https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12331). ## Task Force Resources [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)All Task Force Resources](https://www.isbd.org/older-adults-with-bipolar-disorder-oabd-resources/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/themes/elevation-framework-v4/assets/images/default.avif) Members only May 14, 2026 ### Older Age Bipolar Disorder, Cognitive and Somatic Comorbidities An OABD Task Force keynote on comorbidity in older adults Presenter: Annemiek Dols Older Adults Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FASTO-Romanian-400x305.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) – Romanian An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals Older Adults Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FASTO-Swedish-400x305.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) – Swedish An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals Older Adults Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FASTO-Japanese-400x305.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) – Japanese An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals Older Adults Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FASTO-Lithuanian-400x305.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) – Lithuanian An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals Older Adults Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FASTO-Portuguese-400x305.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) – Portuguese An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals Older Adults Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-template-task-forces-bg-mobile.webp "task-intro-bg") ## See All Task Forces [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Task Forces](https://www.isbd.org/task-forces/) --- ### [Women's Initiative](https://www.isbd.org/womens-initiative/) **Published:** April 29, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Women’s Initiative ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD-Amsterdam-MaxKneefel-285.webp) ## The International Society for Bipolar Disorders recognizes the many contributions of women in the field of bipolar disorder. To that end, a Women’s Initiative has been charged with developing, supporting, and enhancing the opportunities available to women in the areas of mentorship, career advancement, and leadership roles within the Society and in the field. Since its 2015 launch in Toronto, Canada, the initiative has worked to balance the leadership of the Society with the following outcomes: ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Women-in-the-ISBD.webp)Most recently, the group met in Mexico City for a very successful lunch program featuring Dr. Kathleen Merikangas who detailed her career path and stressed the importance of cultivating strong mentor relationships. We welcome all those interested in participating in the group, including attendance at future events to contact Mary Miller, MSW, at [marym@isbd.org](mailto:marym@isbd.org?subject=ISBD%20Women%27s%20Initiative) ## 2018 Women’s Initiative Luncheon in Mexico City ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-City-WI-Merikangas.webp) View Image 1 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-City-WI-Full-Room.webp) View Image 2 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mexico-City-WI-Daniela.webp) View Image 3 ## 2017 Women’s Initiative Luncheon in Washington, D.C. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD_2017_WashingtonDC_©Yannick-Paquay-219-scaled.webp) View Image 1 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD_2017_WashingtonDC_©Yannick-Paquay-230-scaled.webp) View Image 2 ## 2016 Women’s Initiative Breakfast in Amsterdam ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD-Amsterdam-MaxKneefel-277.webp) View Image 1 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/282-ISBD_Amsterdam-MaxKneefel.webp) View Image 2 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD-Amsterdam-MaxKneefel-281.webp) View Image 3 ## 2015 Women’s Initiative Meeting in Toronto ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Picture-from-Toronto-Women-s-Networking-meeting-2015-scaled.webp) View Image 1 --- ### [Member Benefits](https://www.isbd.org/member-benefits/) **Published:** April 29, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ISBD-Membership.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Member Benefits ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) - Online subscription to Bipolar Disorders journal - Access to the Membership Directory\* - Reduced rates for the ISBD annual meeting - Ability to nominate elected officers - Voting privileges - Ability to nominate award winners - Ability to be nominated for awards - Access to the webinar archive - Access to the conference slides archive - Access to educational and training materials ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)Member Directory](#neon-member-directory) --- ### [Patient Resources](https://www.isbd.org/patient-resources/) **Published:** May 5, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Patient Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - 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People living with bipolar disorder experience mania or hypomania, which can feel like euphoric, high-energy periods, as well as periods of depression that may leave them feeling sad, hopeless, and listless. These shifts in mood vary in frequency and intensity. Bipolar disorder is a chronic, long-term condition, but patients can live rich, full lives with the right treatment plan. Researchers all over the world are working on new medications, therapies, and technologies to give doctors more tools to help patients cope with the symptoms of bipolar disorder. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Patient-Resources.webp) ## Types of Bipolar Disorder **Bipolar I Disorder:** defined by manic episodes, often lasting for more than one week. Depressive episodes may occur as well, although not everyone experiences these. **Bipolar II Disorder:** defined by a pattern of depressive and hypomanic episodes, but not the full-blown manic episodes experienced with Bipolar I Disorder. **Cyclothymia:** defined by several hypomanic episodes and periods of depressive symptoms for at least 2 years. These episodes are not as severe as those in Bipolar I or II Disorder, but can have a serious impact on your life. ### Symptoms ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) #### Depression - Feelings of hopelessness - Loss of interest in work, school, hobbies, etc. - Social isolation - Agitation and irritability - Poor concentration - Low energy and lethargy - Sad mood - Changes in appetite or weight - Oversleeping or insomnia - Suicidal thoughts #### Mania - Elevated mood - Extreme irritability - Rapid, unpredictable emotional changes - Racing thoughts - Being very distractible - Uncharacteristic risky behavior – overspending, reckless sex - Inflated self-esteem - Increased activity levels - Decreased need for sleep ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines-custom-dots.svg) ## Patient and Family Guide for the Management of Bipolar Disorder available now! The Patient and Family Guide to the CANMAT and ISBD Guidelines on Management of Bipolar Disorder is now available in two languages. [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-tertiary-hover-arrow.svg)Click here for the English version](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Patient_Guide_to-CANMAT_Guidelines_on_BD_FINAL.pdf) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-tertiary-hover-arrow.svg)Click here for the French version](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/FINAL_French_Guide_May29.pdf) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/canmat-002.webp)](https://www.canmat.org/) ## Website Disclaimer While all the contributors to this site are experts in the field of bipolar disorder, their appearance on this site does not constitute any endorsement or recommendation by ISBD. --- ### [For the Public](https://www.isbd.org/for-the-public/) **Published:** April 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/shutterstock_2705187859-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # For the Public ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/guidelines4.avif) ## Understanding Bipolar Disorder This section of the website is for those who may be newly diagnosed or those simply seeking to support people with lived experience of bipolar disorder. For the general public, educating oneself about bipolar disorder can be a powerful way to dispel the stigma that is often associated with the condition. For those living with bipolar disorder, learning about the illness and the therapies that are available to treat it (psychoeducation), can empower those with bipolar disorder to take an active role in management of symptoms and in living well with bipolar disorder. ## Resources Bipolar 101 gives some of the basics about the illness, while the patient resources section contains trustworthy information developed by the Society to address various aspects of living with bipolar disorder, including management of co-occurring conditions (e.g. substance abuse),treatment during pregnancy and postpartum periods, and bipolar disorder in children and adolescents, among others. We have also provided a section on “Research Opportunities” to connect those recruiting for bipolar disorders studies with those looking for opportunities to participate. While this section provides an introduction and overview, we invite those who want a deeper understanding of bipolar disorder to explore all the resources the site has to offer in our Professional Resources directory, which contains information that may be of interest to this audience. --- ### [Awards Overview](https://www.isbd.org/awards-overview/) **Published:** April 24, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Awards-Banner.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Awards Overview ## So Much More Than an Award ISBD Awards go beyond providing recognition, as they provide - Role models in the field - Support to attend the ISBD Meetings - Networking Opportunities - Professional Growth ### Types of ISBD Awards ISBD Awards are generally separated into 2 categories: Honorary Awards and Early-Mid Career Awards. ### Honorary Awards Honorary Awards are generally given to recognize accomplishments over the span of a career and include the Mogens Schou Award, Robert Post Mentoring Award, and Kupfer-Frank Distinguished Contribution Award, the latter recognizing contributions that have made an indelible and lasting positive impact on ability of the ISBD to achieve its mission. These Awards principally serve to provide role models and honor achievements. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/MS-Award.webp) View Image 1 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/RobertPost-Award.webp) View Image 2 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/KF-Artwork.webp) View Image 3 ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Gershon-Award.webp) ### Early Mid-Career Awards Early Mid-Career Awards are given to encourage those at an early career stage to dedicate future studies and clinical practice to bipolar disorder, and they do this by providing opportunities to engage with colleagues, network, present their work to a professional audience, and build their CV. The Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Awards, and more recently, the EMCC Travel Awards, fall into this category. The Society has also previously offered Best Poster Awards as well, albeit without travel support. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/EMCC-Travel-Award-1024x681.webp) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Best-Article-of-the-Year-scaled.webp) ### Best Article of the Year Award The ISBD also collaborates with the Editorial Leadership of our Journal, Bipolar Disorders (BDJ), to recognize work being published there. 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All the information pertinent to the Society’s programs, events, and new initiatives will be posted here, so please visit often to keep up-to-date on everything ISBD. - [2026 Mogens Schou Awardees](https://www.isbd.org/2026-mogens-schou-awardees/)Mary Miller Awards, ISBD 2026 Conference, 2026 Conference, Awards, MogensSchouAwards, Vancouver - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ISBD-2027-Generic-Save-the-Date-200x200.png) [Save the Date – ISBD 2027](https://www.isbd.org/save-the-date-isbd-2027/)Mary Miller ISBD 2027 Conference, Conference - [New ISBD Online Experience](https://www.isbd.org/new-isbd-online-experience/)isbd Welcome to the new ISBD website - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ISBD-2026_Speaker-Spotlight-Flyer-200x200.jpg) [ISBD 2026 Featured Keynotes](https://www.isbd.org/isbd-2026-featured-keynotes/)Mary Miller Uncategorized - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-Conference-Banner-200x200.webp) [Registration Open for ISBD 2026 Conference](https://www.isbd.org/registration-open-for-isbd-2026-conference/)isbd ISBD 2026 Conference - [Early Mid-Career Community of Practice](https://www.isbd.org/early-mid-career-community-of-practice/)isbd Early Mid-Career Committee - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LEC_2026Infograph_LinkedIn-200x200.png) [Deeper Integration of Lived Experience Voices in the Society](https://www.isbd.org/deeper-integration-of-lived-experience-voices-in-the-society/)isbd Lived Experience Council (LEC) Loading results… --- ### [Psychological Interventions](https://www.isbd.org/psychological-interventions/) **Published:** April 23, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Background_PITF_Page.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Psychological Interventions Evidence Based Psychological Intervention Resources for Clinicians ## Resources for clinicians ### What do we mean by ‘evidence-based therapies’ for bipolar disorder? Here, an “evidence-based intervention” is one that has been shown to improve the symptoms or course of bipolar disorder, or other important outcomes such as wellbeing or daily functioning. This evidence should come, at least in part, from well-conducted, randomised, controlled clinical trials (RCTs). ### What are the most used therapies for treatment of bipolar disorder in adults? The four treatments below are commonly recommended by national guidelines that use a rigorous method for scrutinising the evidence base and generating recommendations ([Ravitz et al. 2024](https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/epdf/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20230004)). Please note, the existing evidence base supports the effectiveness of these therapies in addition to usual medication; very little research has looked at psychological therapies as an alternative to medication. ![A horizontal flow chart or infographic detailing four types of psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder (BD). The therapies are presented in green boxes, categorized by when they are recommended during treatment. Recommended during the Maintenance Phase: Psychoeducation (PE): Provides patients and families with knowledge and insight about mental health conditions like BD to improve support and treatment outcomes. Recommended during both Acute Depression and Maintenance Phases: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Focuses on the theory that thoughts and behaviors are interconnected. Aims to change unhelpful patterns to improve psychological well-being. Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IP-SRT): Focuses on reducing symptoms by establishing routines to regulate social and circadian rhythms, while also helping manage interpersonal relationships. Family Focused Therapy (FFT): Acknowledges the family's role in BD. Involves sharing understanding of the condition, teaching helpful strategies, and supporting the family with communication and problem-solving.](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Greenbox_CR_LargeCrop-1024x450.webp) ### Resources and training for evidence-based psychological interventions Below are links to sets of resources for each of the four approaches above. Each set of resources includes the following: **Therapy manuals**: details of at least one therapy manual underpinning the approaches. These manuals may be considered “evidence-based” in the sense that they have been used in at least one clinical trial that found evidence for the effectiveness of the therapy. **Clinician training resources:** clinician-facing educational websites and modules that could help you understand and apply skills and components from these evidence-based treatments. These do not replace formal training in these approaches, as necessary dependent on your role and location. **Additional resources:** these include measures, details of therapy skills, and patient-facing materials such as worksheets, books, and modules. *Click on each resource name to access links* [Psychoeducation Resources](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Pyschoeducation-resources_V10.23.25.pdf) [Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Resources](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Cognitive-Behavioural-Therapy_V10.25.pdf) [Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) Resources](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Interpersonal-and-Social-Rhythm-Therapy-Resources_V10.25.pdf) [Family Focused Therapy (FFT) Resources](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Focused-Family-Therapy_V10.25.pdf) ### Recommended Guidelines **United States** [American Psychological Association Professional Practice Guidelines](https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines) **Australia and New Zealand** [The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Clinical Guidelines & Publications Library – Mood Disorders Clinical Practice Guideline](https://www.ranzcp.org/clinical-guidelines-publications/clinical-guidelines-publications-library/mood-disorders-cpg) **Canada** [Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CAMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) 2018 Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder](https://www.canmat.org/sdm_downloads/2018-bipolar-guidelines/) **Germany** [German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN) Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder](https://www.dgppn.de/_Resources/Persistent/dab39effff92b9c5630fc1d8ba43e0d18a99ce93/S3-LL-Guideline%20Psychosocial%20Interventions_short.pdf) **Great Britain** [National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidelines](https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg185) [British Association for Psychotherapy (BAP) Evidence-Based Guidelines for Treating Bipolar Disorder](https://www.bap.org.uk/docdetails.php?docID=6) **The Netherlands** [GGZ Standaarden Guidelines for Treating Bipolar Disorder](https://www.ggzstandaarden.nl/zorgstandaarden/bipolaire-stoornissen/introductie) *(please note this resource is in Dutch)* **International Guidelines** [World Health Organization (WHO) Evidence-Based Recommendations for Management of Psychosis and Bipolar Disorders in non-specialized Health Settings ](https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use/treatment-care/mental-health-gap-action-programme/evidence-centre/psychosis-and-bipolar-disorders) World Health Organization (WHO): The following guideline has been developed to apply globally. Most items are not specific to supporting individuals with bipolar disorder, but may provide useful guidance for supporting individuals with severe or complex mental health difficulities in low resource settings. [WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP)](https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use/treatment-care/mental-health-gap-action-programme) *Psychological Interventions for Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder (OABD)* The ISBD OABD Task Force [compiled and compared recommendations ](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gps.4534)form current national and international guidelines that specifically address older people with bipolar disorder. There were 34 guidelines, the majority has no separate section for the OABD population. There are no large-scale trials specifically examining psychological therapies for older individuals with bipolar disorder. [Tyler and Warner’s (2025) paper](https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/papt.12593) reports on some smaller trials and outlines various adaptations made to psychological therapies for older adults with bipolar disorder. *Psychological Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder* Most clinical guidelines recommend psychological interventions as part of treatment for children and adolescents with bipolar disorder, typically alongside medication. However, few provide detailed, youth-specific guidance, and recommendations are often adapted from adult treatments. While only a limited number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been conducted in this age group, existing studies suggest that developmentally adapted interventions – such as family-focused therapy and psychoeducation – can improve symptoms, functioning, and reduce relapse risk. Early intervention is also widely recommended to improve long-term outcomes. There is a strong emphasis on involving families in treatment. ### What about other types of therapies or problems? If a particular therapy is not included on the list above, this does not necessarily mean it could never be helpful, or that there is no evidence for its effectiveness. We have listed above the therapies with the greatest evidential support at the time of writing. In the general population there are therapies that have been shown to be effective for a variety of issues such as stress, reactions to trauma, and various mental health conditions. Whilst these may not have been directly tested in people with bipolar disorder, it is reasonable to expect that they could be helpful for people with bipolar disorder who experience these issues. What is important to consider is that the therapist or clinician should have knowledge about and experience in working with people with bipolar disorder. ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Image_for_Right_Circle_PITFPage-1.webp) #### Contributors This resource was created by the ISBD Pyshcological Interventions Task Force. We would like to acknowledge the workgroup that led this project: - Kim Wright (UK) - Ruth Anning (UK) - Harriet Birabwa (Uganda) - Tatiana Cohab Khafif (Brazil) - Emma Morton (Australia) - Halla Ólafsdóttir (Iceland) - Hailey Tremain (Australia) - Elizabeth Tyler (UK) - Andrea Vassilev (USA) [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)BD Info for Clinicians](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/General_Info_about_BD_for_Clinicians_V10.25.pdf) #### We welcome feed back [Please CLICK HERE to complete our feedback survey! 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This information is being provided to help disseminate the decades of reseach that has now shown that there are unique treatment and outcome considerations for the OABD population. **Page Content** [Assessment of Functioning](#Assessment) [Information on Lithium Serum Levels in OABD](#Levels) [Bibliography](#Bibliography) [Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Aging Adults with Bipolar Disorder (GAGE-BD)](#GAGE-BD) ### Assessment of Functioning Despite the importance of psychosocial functioning impairment in bipolar disorder, its role among OABD is not well understood. Until recently, the field lacks a measure of functioning that was specifically adapted for older adults. Orhan et al developed and validated the Functioning Assessment Short Test for OABD – the FAST-O, for use with adults over 50 years. Adapted from the FAST, the main changes were to replace the occupational functioning domain with a societal functioning domain. This includes activities such as volunteer work or taking care of grandchildren in addition to paid work, since older adults may be retired. The FAST-O is an indicator of a patient’s current level of daily functioning, and therefore focuses on performance. The ISBD OABD Task Force and its members have undertaken to translate and cross-culturally validate the FAST-O. Psychometrically-validated versions in English and Spanish are available below; translated (but not yet validated) versions are available in over 10 additional languages. ### OABD Lithium Serum Levels The ISBD OABD Task Force published Delphi consensus-based recommendations for lithium therapeutic ranges in OABD ([Shulman et al. Bipolar Disord 2019; doi:10.1111/bdi.12714](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.12714)) Ages 60 – 79 Lithium serum level 0.4 – 0.8 mmol/L Ages 80 and above Lithium serum level 0.4 – 0.7 mmol/L In older adults, the risk of lithium toxicity is increased due to decreased renal function, medical comorbidities, and polypharmacy associated drug-drug interactions with commonly used drugs such as diuretics, ACE Inhibitors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications. Moreover, lithim toxicity is often unrecognized and misdiagnosed as other conditions and can result in inappropriate additional prescriptions (the “prescribing cascade”). The commonly reported lithium therapeutic ranges (0.6-1.2 mmol/L) are too high for older adults and poses risk in missing lithium toxicity becasue some potentially toxic levels can be misinterpreted as “within the therapeutic range”. Providing lower and narrower therapeutic ranges for older patients would help to prevent adverse side effects, particularly neurotoxicity. ### Bibliography [Please click here to access the full list of OABD publications by ISBD OABD Task Force or OABD Task Force members ](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/OABD-Publications-by-Taskforce-or-Members_April-2026-UPDATE.pdf) **Official Task Force Publications:** [Learn more about Functioning in OABD](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.13368) [Learn more about Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements in OABD](https://www.jfrailtyaging.com/all-issues.html?article=834) [Read the report “Do National and International Treatment Guidelines Include OABD?”](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gps.4534) [Read the Taskforce Report on OABD](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bdi.12331) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GAGE-BD-Logo_resize.webp) ### GAGE-BD **Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder (GAGE-BD)** is a collaborative effort of researchers dedicated to understanding how bipolar disorder evolves as people age. Although the elderly are the fastest growing group in the US, studies of OABD are extremely limited. GAGE-BD was initiated in 2016 by Martha Sajatovic, Lisa Eyler, Annemiek Dols and Soham Raj with seminal funding from the ISBD, through the generous support of Charles Bowden and Virginia Massey-Bowden and the [Bowden Massey Strategic Research Initiative in Bipolar Disorder ](https://www.isbd.org/Bowden-Massey-Strategic-Research-Initiative)Grant. The global team has collected data from studies of OABD previously conducted in over 13 countries and brought them together into the *world’s largest set of information about aging with bipolar disorder*. This has created a powerful framework for reusing old data to ask new questions and has generated novel, clinically relevant knowledge to help those working with OABD patients and pave the way for personalized and effective treatments. [Learn more about this effort at GAGE-BD.org](https://gage-bd.org/). [You can find PDFs of all GAGE-BD publications HERE](https://gage-bd.org/category/publications/). [Contact GAGE-BD](https://gage-bd.org/contact-us/) if you would like to contribute data to this initiative – new collaborators are always welcome! ## Related Resources [![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow.svg)![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/button-primary-arrow-hover.svg)All Older Age Resources](https://www.isbd.org/older-age-resources-prefiltered/) ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/themes/elevation-framework-v4/assets/images/default.avif) Members only May 14, 2026 ### Older Age Bipolar Disorder, Cognitive and Somatic Comorbidities An OABD Task Force keynote on comorbidity in older adults Presenter: Annemiek Dols Older Adults Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FASTO-Japanese-400x305.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) – Japanese An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals Older Adults Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FASTO-Lithuanian-400x305.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) – Lithuanian An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals Older Adults Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FASTO-Portuguese-400x305.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) – Portuguese An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals Older Adults Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FASTO-Romanian-400x305.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) – Romanian An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals Older Adults Bipolar Disorder ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FASTO-Swedish-400x305.jpg) May 14, 2026 ### Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) – Swedish An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals Older Adults Bipolar Disorder --- ### [Form for Cognitive Assessments](https://www.isbd.org/form-for-cognitive-assessments/) **Published:** April 23, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/carousel-banner-shadows.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/shutterstock_2678713123-scaled.webp "carousel-banner-shadows") # Form for Cognitive Assessments ## The ISBD Targeting Cognition Task Force is sharing the Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry (SCIP) in an effort to help more clinicians in the field. 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![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [Nutrition and Exercise Task Force (NExT) Resources](https://www.isbd.org/nutrition-and-exercise-task-force-next-resources/) **Published:** May 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Nutrition and Exercise Task Force (NExT) Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder (OABD) Resources](https://www.isbd.org/older-adults-with-bipolar-disorder-oabd-resources/) **Published:** May 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder (OABD) Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [Psychological Interventions Resources](https://www.isbd.org/psychological-interventions-task-forces-resources/) **Published:** May 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Psychological Interventions Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [Role of Lithium in Bipolar Disorders Resources](https://www.isbd.org/role-of-lithium-in-bipolar-disorders-resources/) **Published:** May 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Role of Lithium in Bipolar Disorders Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [Suicide Prevention Resources](https://www.isbd.org/suicide-prevention-resources/) **Published:** May 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Suicide Prevention Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [Staging Resources](https://www.isbd.org/staging-resources/) **Published:** May 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Staging Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [Targeting Cognition Resources](https://www.isbd.org/targeting-cognition-resources/) **Published:** May 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Targeting Cognition Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [Treatment Resistant Bipolar Depression Resources](https://www.isbd.org/09-member-resources/) **Published:** May 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Treatment Resistant Bipolar Depression Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [Vascular Resources](https://www.isbd.org/vascular-resources/) **Published:** May 28, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Vascular Task Force Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [Psychological Interventions Resources](https://www.isbd.org/psychological-interventions-resources/) **Published:** May 27, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Psychological Interventions Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [Older Age Resources](https://www.isbd.org/older-age-resources-prefiltered/) **Published:** May 27, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # Older Age Resources - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [2025 Conference Videos](https://www.isbd.org/2025-conference-videos/) **Published:** May 5, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # 2025 Conference Videos - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionCN-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Substance-AbuseCN-200x200.jpg) [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/)isbd Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Pediatric-BipolarCN-200x200.jpg) [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/)isbd Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bipolar-101CN-200x200.jpg) [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/)isbd Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms, ISBD, PDF, Less than 15 minutes, English - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPersian-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Persian - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipSpanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Spanish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipDanish-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Danish - ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Suicide-PreventionTipPortuguese-200x200.jpg) [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/)isbd Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide, Task Force, Suicide Prevention, PDF, Less than 5 minutes, Portuguese Loading results… --- ### [2024 Conference Videos](https://www.isbd.org/2024-conference-videos/) **Published:** May 4, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SectionBanner-resources.avif "banner-default") ![](https://www.isbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/task-shadows-banner-scaled.webp "banner-default") # 2024 Conference Videos - [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/)isbd Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Vascular, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/)isbd Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Targeting Cognition, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/)isbd Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force, Task Force, Pschological Interventions, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/)isbd Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force, Task Force, Nutrition and Exercise, VIDEO, Less than 5 minutes, English - 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[ Log In ](https://secure.isbd.org/np/oauth/auth?response_type=code&client_id=wsklKtMrQYcYJQb9UGPvpShHgi8QbfhmZaKnfuKlI5U9K4TYwhE2J7966JRyxCPK&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fisbd.mystagingwebsite.com%2Fneon-oauth-callback%2F&state=redirect_to%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.isbd.org%252Fmember-directory%252F) [ Join as a Member ](https://secure.isbd.org/np/clients/isbd/membershipJoin.jsp) [ Go back ](https://www.isbd.org/) --- ### [Account Page](https://www.isbd.org/account-page/) **Published:** April 30, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** --- ## Map ### [Bipolar Disorders Association (Bipolar Bozukluklar Derneği)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/bipolar-disorders-association-bipolar-bozukluklar-dernegi/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** - Increase the level of awareness and knowledge of the society related to bipolar disorders, put efforts towards correcting misbelieves, stagnation, discrimination and exclusion attitudes concerning this disorder. - Ensure that the causes of bipolar disorders, ways of protection, treatment and preventive care methods are recognized by the society, and striving to ensure that the society is educated on this subject - Increase the knowledge of bipolar disorder patients and their families on this disease, and their skills to cope with it. - Contribute in developing national mental health policies and legal regulations related to bipolar disorders. - Encourage conducting medical or social scientific researches on the issues of causes of bipolar disorders, way of protection, and preventive and protective treatment, provide material support to the researches and provide scientific resources, and ensure that the results are published - Create network of communication among the mental health workers dealing with the treatment of bipolar disorders. - Cooperate with centers established in university or state hospitals dealing with the treatment of bipolar disorders, strengthen and support their works. - Ensure that the information pertinent to up to date developments on the issue of bipolar disorders is included in the post-graduate trainings of the mental health workers dealing with treatment, and organize training programs towards this aim. **Content:** – Increase the level of awareness and knowledge of the society related to bipolar disorders, put efforts towards correcting misbelieves, stagnation, discrimination and exclusion attitudes concerning this disorder. – Ensure that the causes of bipolar disorders, ways of protection, treatment and preventive care methods are recognized by the society, and striving to ensure that the society is educated on this subject – Increase the knowledge of bipolar disorder patients and their families on this disease, and their skills to cope with it. – Contribute in developing national mental health policies and legal regulations related to bipolar disorders. – Encourage conducting medical or social scientific researches on the issues of causes of bipolar disorders, way of protection, and preventive and protective treatment, provide material support to the researches and provide scientific resources, and ensure that the results are published – Create network of communication among the mental health workers dealing with the treatment of bipolar disorders. – Cooperate with centers established in university or state hospitals dealing with the treatment of bipolar disorders, strengthen and support their works. – Ensure that the information pertinent to up to date developments on the issue of bipolar disorders is included in the post-graduate trainings of the mental health workers dealing with treatment, and organize training programs towards this aim. **Country:** Turkey --- ### [ISBD Pan Africa](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-costa-rica-2/) **Published:** July 29, 2026 **Author:** Mary Miller **Excerpt:** The mission of ISBD Costa Rica is to foster ongoing collaboration on education and research to advance the treatment of bipolar disorders and outcomes and quality of life for those living with bipolar disorder and their family members. **Content:** The Pan African Chapter of the ISBD was established in 2024. It was born out of the need to increase African representation in the ISBD and promote inclusivity, recognising the rich diversity of cultures across the African continent. As of January 2026, the Pan African Chapter is composed of approximately 30 members, including clinicians, researchers and lived experience experts representing 8 countries. **Country:** Costa Rica --- ### [ISBD Pan Africa](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-pan-africa/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Country:** Pan Africa --- ### [ISBD Peru](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-peru/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** ISBD Peru main aspiration is to become a scientific society that promotes education and research in the field of bipolar disorders. This includes international collaboration with the ISBD and its chapters. The principal objective of this collaboration is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of all aspects of bipolar disorders, which will benefit not only those professionals who treat this illness, but also those who suffer it and their families. **Content:** ISBD Peru main aspiration is to become a scientific society that promotes education and research in the field of bipolar disorders. This includes international collaboration with the ISBD and its chapters. The principal objective of this collaboration is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of all aspects of bipolar disorders, which will benefit not only those professionals who treat this illness, but also those who suffer it and their families. **Country:** Peru --- ### [Portuguese Society for Bipolar Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/portuguese-society-for-bipolar-disorders/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The purpose of the Society is to promote, among the medical profession, the community, patients, and caretakers, a proper understanding of bipolar disorder and its management via education, scientific research, and collaboration with loval and international professional bodies. The PSBD lists its objectives as follows - To create a research network among mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders. - To promote awareness of this condition in the Portuguese society at large. - To help promote awareness and education about this condition among mental health care professionals in our region. - To promote and support national and regional conferences to provide scientific and educational programs. - To help promote ISBD values, publications and activities. **Content:** The purpose of the Society is to promote, among the medical profession, the community, patients, and caretakers, a proper understanding of bipolar disorder and its management via education, scientific research, and collaboration with loval and international professional bodies. The PSBD lists its objectives as follows – To create a research network among mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders. – To promote awareness of this condition in the Portuguese society at large. – To help promote awareness and education about this condition among mental health care professionals in our region. – To promote and support national and regional conferences to provide scientific and educational programs. – To help promote ISBD values, publications and activities. **Country:** Portugal --- ### [ISBD Korea](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-korea/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** - To create a network among mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders. - To promote awareness and education about this condition in the Korean society. - To create a research network among researchers and to promote collaborative researches. - To promote and support national and regional conferences to provide scientific and educational programs. - To help promote ISBD values, publications and activities. **Content:** – To create a network among mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders. – To promote awareness and education about this condition in the Korean society. – To create a research network among researchers and to promote collaborative researches. – To promote and support national and regional conferences to provide scientific and educational programs. – To help promote ISBD values, publications and activities. **Country:** South Korea --- ### [Swiss Society for Bipolar Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/swiss-society-for-bipolar-disorders/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The association is focused on improvement of treatment of bipolar patients and support of information and research on the pathogenesis and treatment of this disorder. **Content:** The association is focused on improvement of treatment of bipolar patients and support of information and research on the pathogenesis and treatment of this disorder. **Country:** Switzerland --- ### [Taiwanese Society for Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/taiwanese-society-for-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The mission, goals and objectives of Taiwan Society for Bipolar Disorders: - To advance culturally relevant, evidence-based bio-psycho-social research on bipolar disorders that reflects the unique characteristics of individuals in Taiwan. - To reduce stigma and foster greater understanding and acceptance of bipolar disorders within Taiwanese society, promoting a compassionate and supportive environment. - To educate medical professionals, the general public, and government stakeholders about bipolar disorders, while actively participating in and influencing policy-making to ensure comprehensive benefits and support systems for patients and their families. **Content:** The mission, goals and objectives of Taiwan Society for Bipolar Disorders: – To advance culturally relevant, evidence-based bio-psycho-social research on bipolar disorders that reflects the unique characteristics of individuals in Taiwan. – To reduce stigma and foster greater understanding and acceptance of bipolar disorders within Taiwanese society, promoting a compassionate and supportive environment. – To educate medical professionals, the general public, and government stakeholders about bipolar disorders, while actively participating in and influencing policy-making to ensure comprehensive benefits and support systems for patients and their families. **Country:** Taiwan --- ### [ISBD Venezuela](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-venezuela/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The Venezuelan Chapter of the ISBD has a number of objectives that are derived from local and regional needs, but also the necessary interaction with other regions, and their opinion leaders: - Create spaces for meeting and discussion related with the Bipolar Disorder, with psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals interested in the study and treatment of this disorder - Create, promote and support national and international conferences, in addition to workshops and seminars, in order to provide recent and relevant scientific information, which supports the development of continuing medical education - Promote awareness, diagnosis and alert in the medical community in Venezuela, and the rest of the health system to include non-psychiatric medical staff, nurses, paramedics, among others - Support the Venezuelan foundations of bipolar patients, their families and relatives to join to schemas suitable of psychoeducation and support groups where we can manage and monitor these activities - Create and coordinate research networks of mental health professionals in Venezuela interested in the bipolar disorder and other mood disorders. This point represents a major challenge for the ISBD Venezuela, because in our country, the local research has occurred in a very poor level, having to rely on information from other latitudes - To help promoting ISBD values, publications and activities, inviting other professionals to register and participate actively in the ISBD. - Developing tools for statistical and epidemiological surveillance in terms of the population behavior of the disorder, thereby supporting government and private institutions who work in this area - Participate actively in academic exchanges in the different postgrads of psychiatry and clinical psychology at the universities of our country - Perform expert consensus regarding diagnosis and treatments of patients with bipolar disorders, supported by international guidelines and consensus, but with local suggestions. **Content:** The Venezuelan Chapter of the ISBD has a number of objectives that are derived from local and regional needs, but also the necessary interaction with other regions, and their opinion leaders: – Create spaces for meeting and discussion related with the Bipolar Disorder, with psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals interested in the study and treatment of this disorder – Create, promote and support national and international conferences, in addition to workshops and seminars, in order to provide recent and relevant scientific information, which supports the development of continuing medical education – Promote awareness, diagnosis and alert in the medical community in Venezuela, and the rest of the health system to include non-psychiatric medical staff, nurses, paramedics, among others – Support the Venezuelan foundations of bipolar patients, their families and relatives to join to schemas suitable of psychoeducation and support groups where we can manage and monitor these activities – Create and coordinate research networks of mental health professionals in Venezuela interested in the bipolar disorder and other mood disorders. This point represents a major challenge for the ISBD Venezuela, because in our country, the local research has occurred in a very poor level, having to rely on information from other latitudes – To help promoting ISBD values, publications and activities, inviting other professionals to register and participate actively in the ISBD. – Developing tools for statistical and epidemiological surveillance in terms of the population behavior of the disorder, thereby supporting government and private institutions who work in this area – Participate actively in academic exchanges in the different postgrads of psychiatry and clinical psychology at the universities of our country – Perform expert consensus regarding diagnosis and treatments of patients with bipolar disorders, supported by international guidelines and consensus, but with local suggestions. **Country:** Venezuela --- ### [Argentine Society for Bipolar Disorders (ASATHU- Asociación Argentina Trastornos del Humor)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/argentine-society-for-bipolar-disorders-asathu-asociacion-argentina-trastornos-del-humor/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The Argentine Society for Bipolar Disorders defines its goals as: To maintain and enlarge a research network among Argentine mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders. To promote awareness and education about bipolar disorder in the Argentine medical community. To increase efforts in building psychoeducation and community resources for the Argentine bipolar patient. To help in the promotion of ISBD values, publications, and activities. To promote the ISBD among psychiatric colleagues and increase the number of active members. **Content:** The Argentine Society for Bipolar Disorders defines its goals as: To maintain and enlarge a research network among Argentine mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders. To promote awareness and education about bipolar disorder in the Argentine medical community. To increase efforts in building psychoeducation and community resources for the Argentine bipolar patient. To help in the promotion of ISBD values, publications, and activities. To promote the ISBD among psychiatric colleagues and increase the number of active members. **Country:** Argentina --- ### [Australasian Society for Bipolar & Depressive Disorders Ltd (ASBDD)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/australasian-society-for-bipolar-depressive-disorders-ltd-asbdd/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The purpose of the Society is to become the Australasian forum, and an internationally recognized forum, to foster ongoing collaboration, education, research and advances in the treatment of all aspects of Bipolar and Depressive Disorders. The Society is open to the entire spectrum of mental health professionals including basic and clinical researchers, psychiatrists, pharmacologists, psychologists, social workers, students, trainees, interested lay groups and individuals. ASBDD is affiliated with ISBD. **Content:** The purpose of the Society is to become the Australasian forum, and an internationally recognized forum, to foster ongoing collaboration, education, research and advances in the treatment of all aspects of Bipolar and Depressive Disorders. The Society is open to the entire spectrum of mental health professionals including basic and clinical researchers, psychiatrists, pharmacologists, psychologists, social workers, students, trainees, interested lay groups and individuals. ASBDD is affiliated with ISBD. **Country:** Australia --- ### [Austrian Association of Bipolar Disorders (ÖGBE -Österreichische Gesellschaft für Bipolare Erkrankungen)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/austrian-association-of-bipolar-disorders-ogbe-osterreichische-gesellschaft-fur-bipolare-erkrankungen/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The association, whose activities are not for profit, aims to distribute and publish scientific findings about bipolar disorders ("manic depressive illness"), to physicians, nurses, relatives, patients, and pharmaceutical companies in the form of lectures, seminars, media relations and events and encourage scientific studies of new treatment strategies in bipolar disorder and collaboration and networking with other national and international companies with similar objectives, as well as the physicians, pharmacists, other professional occupations, industries, universities, agencies and bodies. **Content:** The association, whose activities are not for profit, aims to distribute and publish scientific findings about bipolar disorders (“manic depressive illness”), to physicians, nurses, relatives, patients, and pharmaceutical companies in the form of lectures, seminars, media relations and events and encourage scientific studies of new treatment strategies in bipolar disorder and collaboration and networking with other national and international companies with similar objectives, as well as the physicians, pharmacists, other professional occupations, industries, universities, agencies and bodies. **Country:** Austria --- ### [Brazilian Society for Bipolar (ABTB)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/brazilian-society-for-bipolar-abtb/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The Brazilian Group has adopted the ISBD’s mission as its own and lists its objectives as follows: - To create a research network among mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders, modeled upon the Canadian Network. - To promote awareness of this condition in the Brazilian society at large. - To help promoting awareness and education about this condition among mental health care professionals in and region. - To promote and support national and regional conferences to provide scientific and educational programs. - To help promoting ISBD values, publications and activities. **Content:** The Brazilian Group has adopted the ISBD’s mission as its own and lists its objectives as follows: – To create a research network among mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders, modeled upon the Canadian Network. – To promote awareness of this condition in the Brazilian society at large. – To help promoting awareness and education about this condition among mental health care professionals in and region. – To promote and support national and regional conferences to provide scientific and educational programs. – To help promoting ISBD values, publications and activities. **Country:** Brazil --- ### [Chinese Society for Bipolar Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/chinese-society-for-bipolar-disorders/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The mission of the ISBD Chinese Chapter is to promote domestic and international cooperation in research, education, and clinical practice in bipolar disorders. By means of these cooperation, to improve the management of bipolar disorders. **Content:** The mission of the ISBD Chinese Chapter is to promote domestic and international cooperation in research, education, and clinical practice in bipolar disorders. By means of these cooperation, to improve the management of bipolar disorders. **Country:** China --- ### [ISBD Colombia](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-colombia/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The Mood Disorders Colombian Association, the official Colombian Chapter of the ISBD, has as a mission to encourage the development of psychiatry by promoting the study, teaching, difussion and research in mood disorders sciences; and will foster for the integral academical formation and practice of the professionals involved. **Content:** The Mood Disorders Colombian Association, the official Colombian Chapter of the ISBD, has as a mission to encourage the development of psychiatry by promoting the study, teaching, difussion and research in mood disorders sciences; and will foster for the integral academical formation and practice of the professionals involved. **Country:** Colombia --- ### [ISBD Costa Rica](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-costa-rica/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The mission of ISBD Costa Rica is to foster ongoing collaboration on education and research to advance the treatment of bipolar disorders and outcomes and quality of life for those living with bipolar disorder and their family members. **Content:** The mission of ISBD Costa Rica is to foster ongoing collaboration on education and research to advance the treatment of bipolar disorders and outcomes and quality of life for those living with bipolar disorder and their family members. **Country:** Costa Rica --- ### [Danish Society for Affective Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/danish-society-for-affective-disorders/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Country:** Denmark --- ### [The Ecuadorian Society of Bipolarity Section Quito](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/the-ecuadorian-society-of-bipolarity-section-quito/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The ECUADORIAN SOCIETY OF BIPOLARITY SECTION QUITO’s mission is to improve the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, promote the investigation and production scientific in the field of bipolar disorder oriented to benefit patients, families, and the general community. **Content:** The ECUADORIAN SOCIETY OF BIPOLARITY SECTION QUITO’s mission is to improve the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, promote the investigation and production scientific in the field of bipolar disorder oriented to benefit patients, families, and the general community. **Country:** Ecuador --- ### [Fondation Fundamental (FondMental)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/fondation-fundamental-fondmental/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The Cohort FACE-BD was built under the auspices of the Fondation FondaMental to follow a large cohort of BD patients in order to better understand trajectories, predict outcomes, identify mechanisms and markers of stratification, follow up the impact of therapeutic strategies, new care organisation and associated costs. BD patients included, assessed, sampled and followed-up in this cohort are recruited in the 10 Expert centers for Bipolar Patients in France. They all share same assessment procedures, data bases and biobank. Today 3900 bipolar patients have been assessed, 2200 have been assessed at least twice, 1000 have given a biological sample and more than 60 papers published. **Content:** The Cohort FACE-BD was built under the auspices of the Fondation FondaMental to follow a large cohort of BD patients in order to better understand trajectories, predict outcomes, identify mechanisms and markers of stratification, follow up the impact of therapeutic strategies, new care organisation and associated costs. BD patients included, assessed, sampled and followed-up in this cohort are recruited in the 10 Expert centers for Bipolar Patients in France. They all share same assessment procedures, data bases and biobank. Today 3900 bipolar patients have been assessed, 2200 have been assessed at least twice, 1000 have given a biological sample and more than 60 papers published. **Country:** France --- ### [ISBD Guatemala](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-guatemala/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** To work on research, clinical care and outreach for divulging better knowledge of Bipolar Disorders having as an ultimate goal the improvement of the quality of life of people with bipolar disorders and awareness on general population. **Content:** To work on research, clinical care and outreach for divulging better knowledge of Bipolar Disorders having as an ultimate goal the improvement of the quality of life of people with bipolar disorders and awareness on general population. **Country:** Guatemala --- ### [Society for Bipolar Disorders-India (SBDI)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/society-for-bipolar-disorders-india-sbdi/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Country:** India --- ### [ISBD Iran](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-iran/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** - To promote research on bipolar disorder in Iran. - To improve awareness about bipolar disorder in general practitioners - To advance professional training on bipolar disorder mental health care providers **Content:** – To promote research on bipolar disorder in Iran. – To improve awareness about bipolar disorder in general practitioners – To advance professional training on bipolar disorder mental health care providers **Country:** Iran --- ### [Italian Association for Bipolar Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/italian-association-for-bipolar-disorders/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The association is non-political, non-denominational and non-profit-making. It exists for the exclusive pursuits of scientific objects of social benefit and excludes any commercial activities. Its purpose is to raise public awareness, to train medical and non-medical practitioners in the field of mental health, to support families of patients through education and information, and also to organize scientific studies and functions on topics related to Bipolar Disorders. **Content:** The association is non-political, non-denominational and non-profit-making. It exists for the exclusive pursuits of scientific objects of social benefit and excludes any commercial activities. Its purpose is to raise public awareness, to train medical and non-medical practitioners in the field of mental health, to support families of patients through education and information, and also to organize scientific studies and functions on topics related to Bipolar Disorders. **Country:** Italy --- ### [Japanese Bipolar Sub-Committee of the Japanese Society for Mood Disorders (JSMD)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/japanese-bipolar-sub-committee-of-the-japanese-society-for-mood-disorders-jsmd/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The goals of our society are to enhance research and clinical practice in the field of mood disorders and to distribute information on mood disorders to general practice physicians and medical professionals in other disciplines as well as to the general public. **Content:** The goals of our society are to enhance research and clinical practice in the field of mood disorders and to distribute information on mood disorders to general practice physicians and medical professionals in other disciplines as well as to the general public. **Country:** Japan --- ### [ISBD Mexico (Capitulo Mexicano de la Sociedad Internacional de Trastornos Bipolares)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-mexico-capitulo-mexicano-de-la-sociedad-internacional-de-trastornos-bipolares/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** - Create a research network among Mexican mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders. - Promote awareness and education about bipolar disorders in the Mexican medical community. - Increase efforts in psychoeducation and community resources for the Mexican bipolar patient. - Help to promote ISBD values, publications and activities. **Content:** – Create a research network among Mexican mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders. – Promote awareness and education about bipolar disorders in the Mexican medical community. – Increase efforts in psychoeducation and community resources for the Mexican bipolar patient. – Help to promote ISBD values, publications and activities. **Country:** Mexico --- ### [Bipolar Disorder Knowledge Center (KenBiS - Kenniscentrum Bipolaire Stoornissen)](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/bipolar-disorder-knowledge-center-kenbis-kenniscentrum-bipolaire-stoornissen/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The aims of the foundation are to improve the care for patients with bipolar disorder and their families in the Netherlands; to gather, develop, and disseminate knowledge of bipolar disorders with regard to diagnosis and treatment, improving psychosocial functioning and wellbeing of patients, and to stimulate research on bipolar disorder. **Content:** The aims of the foundation are to improve the care for patients with bipolar disorder and their families in the Netherlands; to gather, develop, and disseminate knowledge of bipolar disorders with regard to diagnosis and treatment, improving psychosocial functioning and wellbeing of patients, and to stimulate research on bipolar disorder. **Country:** The Netherlands --- ### [Society for the Advancement of Bipolar Affective Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/society-for-the-advancement-of-bipolar-affective-disorders/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** The objectives of the Society include: - The creation of an information network among mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders. - The provision of role models and collaboration in the field of bipolar disorders. - The promotion of awareness and education about this condition among medical and mental health care professionals, and the lay community. - The fostering of research in all aspects of bipolar disorders. - The promotion and support of international, regional and local conferences that provide scientific and educational programs. - The publication of a newsletter and other relevant materials. - The support of consumer and carer awareness initiatives of bipolar disorders and collaboration with established organisations. **Content:** The objectives of the Society include: – The creation of an information network among mental health professionals interested in bipolar disorders. – The provision of role models and collaboration in the field of bipolar disorders. – The promotion of awareness and education about this condition among medical and mental health care professionals, and the lay community. – The fostering of research in all aspects of bipolar disorders. – The promotion and support of international, regional and local conferences that provide scientific and educational programs. – The publication of a newsletter and other relevant materials. – The support of consumer and carer awareness initiatives of bipolar disorders and collaboration with established organisations. **Country:** Hong Kong & Macau --- ### [ISBD Norway](https://www.isbd.org/map_directorys/isbd-norway/) **Published:** April 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Excerpt:** To further national collaboration on education and research with an objective to advance the treatment of all aspects of bipolar disorders in Norway. **Content:** To further national collaboration on education and research with an objective to advance the treatment of all aspects of bipolar disorders in Norway. **Country:** Norway --- ## Teams ### [Frances Nkechi Adiukwu](https://www.isbd.org/teams/frances-nkechi-adiukwu/) **Published:** September 17, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** I am a Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital and Senior Lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where I lead the Mood Disorder Unit. I lead the Bipolar Disorder Research Group Nigeria and serve as Principal Investigator of the Bipolar Disorder Longitudinal Study Nigeria (BiDiLoS-Ng) and the Multicentre Analysis of Psychopharmacology treatment patterns (MAPS – Study). I have received national and international recognition for my work, including the World Psychiatric Association Early Career Psychiatrist Fellowship, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry Young Investigator Award, and ISBD Early Mid-Career Committee Travel Award, and have authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications. My clinical, research and administrative background has provided me with leadership and team-building experience that I can bring to the ISBD. My engagement with ISBD has increasingly become an important part of my professional commitment. Through the Pan-African Chapter, I currently co-chair chapter meetings and contribute to collaborative activities across the region. I co-lead the development of culturally adapted educational modules for African healthcare providers on bipolar disorder, and I am involved in a scoping review of digital mental health interventions for bipolar disorder in Africa. Through the ISBD Suicide Prevention Task Force, I contribute an African perspective to suicide prevention initiatives and co-lead work examining prevention strategies in low- and middle-income countries. I also serve on the Early Mid-Career Committee, co-leading its Publishing and Social Media Working Group. These roles have given me both a strong understanding of ISBD and practical experience in advancing its activities across Africa. As the Africa Regional Board Representative, my priorities are to build on the existing structure and strengthen engagement across the continent. I will work to facilitate the establishment and growth of country- and subregional ISBD chapters in Africa (either through the formation of local bipolar disorder societies or leveraging local psychiatric associations); this would increase membership in the chapter, creating enduring networks that support education, research, and professional development. I would also advocate for the development of culturally adapted clinical practice guidelines and educational resources that reflect the realities of bipolar disorder care across diverse African settings, extending the educational initiatives beyond healthcare professionals to family caregivers, community health workers, and faith and traditional leaders who play important roles in mental healthcare. By expanding partnerships with clinicians, researchers, advocacy groups, and people with lived experience from Africa, I am certain we can have greater African representation in the ISBD. Supporting the next generation of African bipolar disorder researchers is another priority. I will advocate for increased opportunities for mentorship, leadership development, travel scholarships, collaborative research, and seed funding for early- and mid-career investigators. I will also work to increase African representation across ISBD conferences, committees, educational programs, research collaborations, and leadership positions. I aim to strengthen the contribution of African clinicians, researchers, and people with lived experience to ISBD while ensuring that the unique challenges and opportunities of the African context are reflected in the Society’s work. **Team Category:** Board --- ### [Holly Swartz](https://www.isbd.org/teams/holly-swartz/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Holly A. Swartz, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. Her federally and philanthropically funded research focuses on developing and optimizing psychosocial interventions for mood disorders, including Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) for bipolar disorder and interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for maternal depression. Her work examines the chronobiological basis of mood disorders, the integration of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in the management of bipolar disorder, the effects of maternal depression treatment on offspring, and mediators of evidence-based psychotherapy outcomes. Her current research also explores the use of large language models to develop automated supervision tools for beginning psychotherapy clinicians. Dr. Swartz is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Psychotherapy. She has held leadership roles in several national and international organizations, including currently serving as President of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and as a Board Member of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology. Recent honors include the Gerald L. Klerman Senior Investigator Award from DBSA, two Western Psychiatric Hospital Outstanding Faculty Teaching Awards, and the Klerman and Weissman Award for Excellence in Outreach, Training and Dissemination from the International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy. She has authored two books and more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, with over 10,000 citations. **Team Category:** Executive Committee --- ### [Mary Miller](https://www.isbd.org/teams/mary-miller-msw/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Team Category:** Staff --- ### [Chad Daversa](https://www.isbd.org/teams/chad-daversa/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** I have had the privilege of working with the dedicated membership and staff of ISBD since 2002, only a few years following the organization’s incorporation. As such, I have grown professionally and personally with this Society and have been able to witness the intense loyalty and commitment of our members, many of whom have given the nearly a quarter of a century of time an expertise to the ISBD. My passion for the mission of the Society has grown over the years as a function of my involvement in all aspects of the organization, including the task forces, conferences, chapters, awards, and early-mid career programs. In the early years, I supported the first ISBD task force on Diagnosis Guidelines and helped organize the ISBD’s involvement in the advocacy day and membership meetings held in conjunction with the International Conference on Bipolar Disorder (ICBD), prior to the establishment of ISBD’s first true standalone meeting in Edinburgh in 2006. At the time, I recall many in the Society wondering if the meeting, running in the alternate years to the ICBD meetings, would gain enough traction to be a success. Since then, I have worked on every ISBD Annual Conference and have seen them grow to become what might be considered the preeminent international meeting on bipolar disorder. I very much see my role in the Society as facilitating the success of others in the Society, and I am proud to offer support to our board and membership in achieving so many of our goals over the past 20+ years. I can personally attest to the growth of many who have been recipients of the Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Awards, many of whom now serve in leadership roles within the Society. This is personally meaningful to me as I had the distinct honor of being mentored in the role of Executive Director by Dr. Gershon, and seeing the legacy of these Awards bear fruit in bolstering the careers of so many talented bipolar disorder clinicians and researchers is an inspiration. Since that time, I have had the opportunity learn and grow from many in the Society’s leadership, and I look forward to seeing the organization through to the next stage in its evolution. **Team Category:** Staff --- ### [Tamsyn Van Rheenen](https://www.isbd.org/teams/tamsyn-van-rheenen/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** I am a researcher from Melbourne, Australia focussed on understanding cognition and emotion in bipolar disorder and related illnesses on the mood-psychosis spectrum. I have been a member of the ISBD for 7 years and am active on the Targeting Cognition Taskforce as well as the Nutrition and Exercise Taskforce (NExT) and Early and a past member of the ISBD Early- Mid-Career Committee (EMCC). I am honored to serve in the position of Oceania Regional Director on the ISBD Board of Directors, and I am excited to be involved in advancing the ISBD’s mission to foster international collaboration in education, research, and clinical care to improve the lives of those with bipolar disorder and related conditions. I intend to advance this mission in the following ways; 1\) I will work with the ISBD to develop initiatives to make networking and collaborative ventures easier and less costly for bipolar-focused researchers in Oceania, who are geographically distanced from research hubs in the northern hemisphere. This will translate to a more diverse ISBD membership and open further opportunities to progress the ISBD’s mission via collaborative multinational research that will lead to improved outcomes for those with bipolar disorder. 2\) I will use my professional networks, positions, and social media presence to improve the visibility of the ISBD within research and clinical networks in Oceania. This will increase Oceania-based ISBD membership, in turn improving regional engagement with the many ISBD initiatives that seek to progress its mission. 3\) I will work with the ISBD to increase the scientific exposure of researchers based in Oceania via the development and maximisation of opportunities that promote research endeavors, scientific events, and job openings in this region and at an international level. 4\) I will leverage my transition from early to mid-career to i) promote interactions between senior and junior bipolar disorder researchers in Oceania and abroad, and ii) act as an ambassador to, and an advocate for, those early in their career, who are likely to be less aware of or engaged with the ISBD. This will build the capacity of a bipolar disorder-focused research workforce through the increased uptake of ISBD initiatives by junior researchers, and the availability of more opportunities for new and diverse perspectives to be put forward in efforts to solve difficult problems in the bipolar disorder field. 5\) I will continue to use my expertise in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and close links with researchers in the schizophrenia/psychosis field to embed bipolar disorder into psychosis research locally and internationally. This will progress the ISBD’s vision to improve outcomes for bipolar disorder by accelerating understanding of transdiagnostic processes and the development of treatments that will help a diverse array of individuals with mental illness. **Team Category:** Board --- ### [Ayal Schaffer](https://www.isbd.org/teams/ayal-schaffer/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** I have maintained a close affiliation with the ISBD for many years, serving in a variety of leadership roles. This includes a prior term on the Executive as VP Education, during which we successfully modernized the ISBD Education products and brand. I have also been involved with ISBD in other roles, including as Chair of the Task Force on Suicide, Board Councilor, member or co-chair of numerous steering, conference and awards committees, membership in other task forces, mentoring junior colleagues, and through presentations at ISBD conferences on my research focused primarily on suicide risk and prevention in bipolar disorder, clinical trials in BD, as well as the development and dissemination of BD treatment guidelines. At the ISBD meeting in Chicago, I had the privilege of delivering a keynote address and receiving the Mogens Schou Award for Education and Teaching. Over the years I have been privileged to collaborate with many members of the society – both in leadership and the grassroots; either through task forces, conference committees, or working with national chapters on new projects. I believe the ISBD remains singular among comparable organizations in the degree to which it garners loyalty and engagement among its members, facilitating the advancement of new research endeavours, promoting education for a wide spectrum of learners, and collaborating with advocacy groups and people with lived experience. The ISBD is central to the professional identity of hundreds of people around the world. The Research portfolio at the ISBD encompasses providing assistance and support to the numerous active and planned Task Forces, advancing the efforts of the Early and Mid- Career Committee, and acknowledging high achieving emerging researchers. In addition, I believe there are several initiatives that should be considered. These involve a Research Colloquium for trainees that is linked to the annual conference; providing a platform in which the society can engage in greater integration of global research and training efforts, and promoting greater visibility for our active researchers in between annual conferences. The ISBD is engaged in many highly productive research endeavors, and my goal is to keep the momentum going. This remains an exciting moment in time to be a researcher in the BD field, and I look forward to helping the society play its part. **Team Category:** Executive Committee --- ### [Andrew Nierenberg](https://www.isbd.org/teams/andrew-nierenberg/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** ISBD, as the pre-eminent organization focusing on bipolar disorder, brings together clinicians, researchers, experts by experience, and pharmaceutical companies with the goal of advancing treatment and research. You all know that with a conservative estimate of 2% of the population of 340 million, that means that about 6.8 million people have the disorder. And yet, funding for bipolar disorder has consistently lagged behind other disorders for more than 25 years; clinicians rarely, if ever, follow guidelines, and outcomes have not improved over the past 20 years; the use of lithium has decreased from 30% to less than 15% for people with bipolar disorder and patients continue to have premature death, mostly because of cardiovascular disease and suicide. As North American Regional Director on the ISBD Board of Directors, I would like to help ISBD consider strategies to address these challenges by asking: 1) How can we increase clinician membership? 2) How can we better communicate to the wider audiences of clinicians, including nurse practitioners and psychologists? 3) How can we innovate to collaborate and get better outcomes? 4) How can we collaborate with NIMH and other funding agencies to raise the profile of bipolar disorder across the lifespan? and 5) How can we partner with DBSA and psychiatry residencies to advance mutual goals? Together, we can collaborate on these issues to improve the health of our patients. **Team Category:** Board --- ### [Benicio Frey](https://www.isbd.org/teams/benicio-frey/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** It is with great enthusiasm that I accept the position of Vice President of Education of the ISBD. I have been a member of ISBD since I was selected to receive the first Samuel Gershon Young Investigator Award at the ISBD conference in Edinburgh in 2006. Since then, I have been an active (and enthusiastic) member of this dynamic society. I have led, co-led and co-authored multiple articles from the ISBD Biomarker, Women’s Health and Chronobiology Task Forces. I have also delivered multiple pre-congress courses and chaired multiple symposia and a keynote speaker presentation. Education has always been an integral part of my career. I have mentored dozens of students at every level of educational stage, including undergraduate, undergraduate medical, MSc, PhD, postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows and residents. I am constantly surrounded by clinical and research trainees in my daily work. Some examples of key educational achievements: I am very proud of creating an educational program for residents in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster, which includes women’s mental health as core rotation for family physicians graduating from this large program. I have also developed a new clinical fellowship curriculum in women’s mental health, which is accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. I also previously served as the associate director of the Neuroscience Graduate Program at McMaster. Through a successful fundraising, I secured funding for annual educational events for the general public to educate our community on women’s mental health issues. These annual public educational events, called “Opening Up”, involved co-presentation of expert health professional and people with lived experience (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjVEzijyJp4; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7zIm2-aho; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pijp7vzZZtE). I am proud to bring my experience and leadership in education to the ISBD and contribute to the outstanding work of the Society in disseminating education in bipolar disorder to the general and the scientific community. **Team Category:** Executive Committee --- ### [Manpreet Kaur Singh](https://www.isbd.org/teams/manpreet-kaur-singh/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** I have been engaged with ISBD for over a decade, beginning with the honor of receiving the Samuel Gershon Award for Junior Investigators in 2014, and have remained an active contributor to the Society’s mission to advance research, clinical care, and global collaboration in bipolar disorders. As the Robert H. Putnam Endowed Chair in Bipolar Disorders Research and Treatment at the University of California, Davis, my career has been devoted to building bridges between discovery and clinical impact in child, adolescent, and adult-onset bipolar spectrum and related mood disorders. I currently serve as multi-PI on a national NIMH R25 award (CAPRI) to develop a mentorship network for early and emerging investigators, and as PI or site PI on multiple NIH- and industry-sponsored studies. These leadership roles have prepared me to navigate complex governance structures, balance diverse stakeholder interests, and ensure accountability in large-scale, multi-institutional initiatives. My experience in governance and oversight is grounded in: • Leadership of research teams and networks – successfully coordinating cross-disciplinary, multi-site collaborations that require transparent processes, consensus-building, and rigorous accountability. • Regulatory and ethical oversight – service on Data and Safety Monitoring Boards where I have been entrusted with protecting participant welfare and ensuring research integrity. • Editorial and scholarly leadership – as Editor-in-Chief of JAACAP Open and a frequent reviewer for the Society’s flagship journal Bipolar Disorders, I uphold standards of fairness, transparency, and scientific rigor. • Professional society service – including leadership roles in the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Society of Biological Psychiatry, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and the American Psychiatric Association, where I have advanced career development, equity, education, and mentorship initiatives. The Vice President of Governance must ensure that ISBD’s operations remain ethical, transparent, and mission-driven. I see this role not only as an opportunity to safeguard organizational integrity, but also as a platform to strengthen ISBD’s global collaborations, expand mentorship pipelines for early-career investigators, and ensure that the Society remains responsive to the rapidly evolving landscape of bipolar disorder research and care. **Team Category:** Executive Committee --- ### [Koji Matsuo](https://www.isbd.org/teams/koji-matsuo/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** I am honored to have the opportunity to contribute to the activities of the ISBD as the Asian Regional Director for a second term. I have achieved a notable milestone in the Asian regions of ISBD during the initial term of the Asian director, spanning from 2024 to 2025. I had the privilege of serving as co-president of the ISBD 2025 conference in Chiba, Japan, which I organized from start to finish. I facilitated the close collaboration between ISBD and the Japanese Society of Mood Disorders, ensuring a productive partnership for both organizations. I had the privilege of organizing the symposiums for Asia at the conference. We shared domestic practice guidelines for Asian countries and a region, which should be the first step to mutual understanding treatment for people with lived experience of bipolar disorder (PWLE) in Asia. I also organized another symposium, which provided Japanese PWLE with an opportunity to present their activities for PWLE in Japan. This event also facilitated connections with PWLE in other countries. In addition, I established connections with members of the executive committee of Asian ISBD chapters. I will continue to facilitate research, education, and clinical work on bipolar disorder in Asia. This will allow me to expand the best possible knowledge and evidence relevant to bipolar disorder into Asian countries and regions. The goal is to improve expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of the disorders. I am also committed to communicating with PWLEs in Asia and other regions worldwide. It is my conviction that these activities will foster the growth of Asian ISBD chapters. **Team Category:** Board --- ### [Andrea Vassilev](https://www.isbd.org/teams/andrea-vassilev/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Andrea Vassilev is a doctor of psychology with nearly 30 years’ experience living with bipolar. As a clinician/academic with lived experience, Dr. Vassilev brings a special perspective to both her professional and advocacy work. As a PWLE (person with lived experience), an outspoken advocate, and a psychology post-doctoral therapist specializing in bipolar, Dr. Vassilev is uniquely positioned to represent her community, bridge the gap between PWLE and professionals, and bring fresh ideas to the table for the betterment of the Society. In 2023, Dr. Vassilev joined the ISBD Psychological Interventions task force, was a contributing author on their position paper, and served on the ExE planning committee. She went on to co-chair the 2024 and 2025 ExE committees, working tirelessly to coordinate proposals, presenters, and international lived experience speakers. In 2023, Dr. Vassilev proposed a lived experience board position to engage this perspective in the Society in original and innovative ways. Her experience empowers her to understand the profound challenges faced by her community while her clinical knowledge equips her to translate those experiences into actionable insights for the Society. Dr. Vassilev, an award-winning mental health advocate, has long been committed to outreach work. She has been in Slate Magazine, bpHope, the LA Times, the International Bipolar Foundation, Bipolar UK, and many other outlets. She is also deeply committed to the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, having served on the Advisory Board and as Education Chair for the DBSA California and co-founding a peer support group for mental health clinicians with mood disorders. Dr. Vassilev serves on the Executive Committee for the WISE Initiative for Stigma Elimination. Her primary passion is the fight to eradicate stigma regarding mental health conditions and heal self-stigma in individuals living with these conditions. Dr. Vassilev created an original program to address self-stigma specifically in bipolar called Overcoming Self-Stigma in Bipolar Disorder ([www.ossibd.com](https://www.ossibd.com/)). The program, the first of its kind, is being deployed in clinics across the world and translated into multiple foreign languages. The first mixed methods RCT shows significant and enduring improvement across a range of outcomes including self-stigma and self-esteem. Dr. Vassilev is a therapist (registered psychological associate) in private practice in California, specializing in the psychological treatment of bipolar disorder. You can learn more about Dr. Vassilev at [www.andreavassilev.com](https://www.andreavassilev.com/) and keep up with her on her bipolar educational Instagram account @best.life.bipolar. **Team Category:** Board --- ### [Beny Lafer](https://www.isbd.org/teams/beny-lafer/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** r. Lafer has dedicated his career to investigating pathophysiology and new treatments for bipolar disorder and improving care for those that suffer from this condition. He coordinates center of excellence in clinical care and research in bipolar disorder in Sao Paulo, Brazil. H has made many important contributions to advancing the vision and mission of the ISBD and some of his accomplishments are outlined below. Dr. Lafer’s leadership was fundamental to creating the Brazilian Chapter of ISBD in 2004, the second international chapter. He was elected its first President and since then, has been a key player in maintaining its full mission with delivering lectures and seminars in almost all the activities of this national society. Under his influence, the ISBD created an award for young researchers in bipolar disorder, the Valentim Gentil Award, which has been a significant stimulus for the research in BD and for ISBD itself, attracting young scientists and psychiatrists to a prolific environment. At the end of his 2-year term, the chapter had 118 members, created a national research network in bipolar disorders and its own website to serve researchers, clinicians and advocate groups. Dr. Lafer has been a member of the ISBD since its launch and supported the activities of the Society in diverse leadership roles. He had a key leadership role for the success of the ISDB meeting in São Paulo in 2010, with more than 1,100 registered delegates. Moreover, he was elected for the Board of Councillors on two separate occasions, participated in several Scientific Program Committees of the ISBD Conferences (São Paulo, Seoul, Toronto), ISBD Committees (Membership, Education Initiative, Chapter Development), and Taskforces (Diagnostic Guidelines, Mixed States, Antidepressant Use, Clinical Trials and Cognition). Finally, Dr. Lafer has been a member of Bipolar Disorders Journal Editorial Board since 2008. Dr. Lafer established the first research program in Bipolar Disorders in Brazil in 1995 at the University of São Paulo Medical School. Under his influence, many other academic centers established research and clinical programs and the field of bipolar disorder research became one of the most productive in research in Psychiatry in Brazil. Thanks to this, the Brazilian scientific output and citations in BD is much higher compared with other major psychiatric disorders. Moreover, the teaching and dissemination of knowledge about Bipolar Disorder for Medical undergraduate students, residents, postdocs and clinicians have increased substantially. Finally, Dr. Lafer collaborated with families, caregivers and patients to start the first advocacy program in Brazil (ABRATA). His talent and leadership in the field of education and training can be appreciated with his consistent mentoring of young and talented researchers, influencing a generation of psychiatrists and researchers not only in the development of skills for research, but also in the adoption of a highly cooperative and ethical behaviour. His skills and talent as a mentor surpassed national barriers and expanded to several international collaborations, especially by sending young researchers, PhD students and Post-Docs to programs at Harvard, Yale, Columbia University, University of Toronto and University of British Columbia. Due to a pioneer medical and PhD students exchange program established by the Brazilian and Canadian governments, Dr. Lafer was appointed in 2013 as a Visiting Adjunct Professor at University of Toronto, Canada. His influence also could be noted in his participation in the development of evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of bipolar disorder, such as the Brazilian Guidelines for the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder and the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT-ISBD Guidelines). For his dedication to ISBD, Dr. Beny Lafer was awarded with the 2018 ISBD Mogens Schou Award in Education. This was a way of ISBD to acknowledge his extraordinary dedication to education and his ability to inspire young researchers and society in the pursuit of better quality of life for those who suffer from bipolar disorder. **Team Category:** Board --- ### [Annemiek Dols](https://www.isbd.org/teams/annemiek-dols/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Dr. Dols is a psychiatrist and senior researcher at the VU Medical Center in Amsterdam. She oversees an evidence-based out-patient clinic for older patients with bipolar disorder, which provides specialized care for complext patients from all over the Netherlands. She has established and is following a cohort of over 200 patients with bipolar disorder to examine medical comorbidities, cognition, and social functioning across the lifespan. Building on her training in immunology, she has set up a biobank to examine neurobiological markers of illness. She has published widely on these topics, authoring or co-authoring over 100 publications. She is well known to the ISBD community, serving as co-chair of the ISBD Task Force for Older Age Bipolar Disorder and serving as a member of the ISBD Taskforce on Cognition. With co-investigators Martha Sajatovic, Lisa Eyler and Soham Rej, Dr. Dols is a 2018 recipient of the inaugural ISBD Bowden Massey Award which is funding the project entitled “Global Aging and Geriatic Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database.” **Team Category:** Board --- ### [Jair Soares](https://www.isbd.org/teams/jair-soares/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Dr. Jair C. Soares joined UTHealth Houston in 2009 as Professor and Chair of the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the Pat Rutherford Chair is Psychiatry at the McGovern Medical School, as well as the Executive Director of UTHealth Harris County Psychiatric Center. Since 2022, he also serves as the Executive Director of the UTHealth John S. Dunn Behavioral Health Sciences Center, as well as the Vice-President for Behavioral Health Sciences at UTHealth Houston. A Board-certified psychiatrist, he oversees the Psychiatric Services at Memorial Herrmann Hospital and LBJ Hospital. The sites provide patient care and are clinical training and research facilities for the UTHeath medical students, psychiatry residents and psychiatry fellows. Dr. Soares directs the UTHealth Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders which focuses on the search for causes and the development of new treatments for mood disorders. The Center is comprised of an active research team that specializes in clinical neurosciences (neuroimaging, neurophysiology, cognitive neurosciences, and genetics) and clinical psychopharmocology and interventions research. Dr. Soares received his medical degree from the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) and completed a general psychiatric residency at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh. Subsequently, Dr. Soares completed a brain imaging fellowship at the Yale University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. He obtained a PhD in medical sciences at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). Prior to joining UTHealth, Dr. Soares served at the Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Center of Excellence for Research and Treatment of Bipolar Disorders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and as Deputy Chair for Research and Division Chief for Mood and Anxiety Disorders with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Soares has published more than 350 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in the psychiatric literature and has held editorial positions on a number of national and international medical journals. His research has been funded over the years by multiple grants from NIH, VA, private foundations and the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Soares is a past President for the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry, and the International Society on Affective Disorders. He currently serves as Vice-President for the National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC). Since April 2015, he has been the co-editor in chief for the Jounral of Affective Disorders Reports, which was launched in 2020. He serves in the executive council, finance committee and in the travel award committee for the International Society for Clinical Trials Methodology (ISCTM). **Team Category:** Executive Committee --- ### [Gin Malhi](https://www.isbd.org/teams/gin-malhi/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** *Gin S. Malhi is Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Sydney in Australia. He Heads the Academic Department of Psychiatry at Royal North Shore Hospital where he is Director of the CADE Clinic, a specialist mood disorders clinic, and works full time as a clinician in a large, busy, teaching hospital. In addition to his medical qualifications he holds a degree in pharmacology and is a Fellow of both the Australian and British Royal Colleges of Psychiatry.* *Dr. Malhi has held leadership positions for national and international professional organisations including serving as President of the Australasian chapter of the International Society of Bipolar Disorders and is currently editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry and Bipolar Disorders, (the official journal of the ISBD). In the past he has also served as the Editor-in-chief of Acta Neuropsychiatrica. In addition to these leadership roles, he also sits on the editorial boards of a number of prestigious journals including, for example, the British Journal of Psychiatry, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica and the Journal of Affective Disorders.* *In 2018, Dr. Malhi was listed in the Clarivate Analytics reports as one of the most highly cited researchers (publications with top 1% of citations) in psychiatry in the world – based on research publications. In his research, Dr Malhi has employed neuroimaging, neurocognitive testing and genetics, and his major areas of research interest include investigating the phenomenology and neurobiology of bipolar disorder and major depression, and the identification of treatments for these illnesses. Dr. Malhi’s work has been funded primarily by peer reviewed funding agencies such as the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the Australian Rotary Health research fund, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the Australian Research Council.* *Dr. Malhi has a Google Scholar h-index of 81 and he has published over 500 papers in peer reviewed international journals including high impact journals such as The Lancet, The Lancet Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, and British Journal of Psychiatry. He has edited over a dozen books and written more than 20 book chapters, contributing most recently to the Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry on the prevention of mood disorders. In 2017, in conjunction with two co-editors, he published a comprehensive textbook on the use of lithium in mood disorders and is currently revising a successful pocketbook on bipolar disorders for clinicians. In addition to editing journal supplements and publishing books on bipolar disorder, in 2015 he chaired the development of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) guidelines for the treatment of mood disorders.* *Dr. Malhi is a sought-after speaker and has presented his research and clinical work at numerous international conferences. As a consequence, he has received a number of awards during his career including the RANZCP Senior Academic Researcher Prize, the RANZCP College Citation, the ISBD Mogen Schou Award for Education and Teaching, and The University of Sydney Distinguished Professorial Achievement Award. He has also been recognised locally for his contributions to the community with state-wide awards.* *Dr. Malhi is a Board member of the RANZCP Foundation and also sits on the council of several consumer organisations e.g. the advisory committees of the International Bipolar Foundation and Bipolar Australia – so as to promote wellbeing of those with mental illness.* **Team Category:** Executive Committee --- ### [Erin Michalak](https://www.isbd.org/teams/erin-michalak/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Dr. Michalak’s research has been well supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and other funders. She is the founder and leader of the ‘Collaborative RESearch Team for the study of psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder’ (CREST.BD), a CIHR-funded Canadian network dedicated to collaborative research and knowledge exchange in bipolar disorder. She has published over 100 scientific articles and several books and book chapters. **Team Category:** Executive Committee --- ### [Rebekah Huber](https://www.isbd.org/teams/rebekah-huber/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** I am an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University, and I recently joined the Center for Mental Health Innovation to launch my research program focused on advancing evidence-based care and suicide prevention for youth with mood disorders. My interest in joining the Board stems from a desire to advocate for early and midcareer (EMC) voices and perspectives and to further ISBD’s vision of supporting the next generation of clinicians and researchers specializing in bipolar disorders. Serving on the ISBD Early and Mid-Career Committee (EMCC) has been a privilege; I am grateful for the opportunity to have been involved since its inception and was selected to co-lead during my second term. During my initial term on the EMCC, I led the needs survey initiative aimed at identifying professional and career development needs for EMC clinicians and researchers in the field of bipolar disorders. Through this initiative, I chaired the EMCC Needs Survey Workgroup and led the development of a survey to assess the barriers to and facilitators of career development experienced by EMC individuals. The survey was disseminated internationally in five languages and completed by 300 individuals across 6 continents. We published two papers to summarize the activities of the EMCC (Huber et al., 2022) and the needs survey results (Sperry et al., 2023) and presented a symposium at the 2023 ISBD Conference (Huber et al., 2023). Findings from the needs survey have laid the foundation for our Manifesto (Douglas et al., 2024), outlining future initiatives and activities to support EMCs (Jiménez-Pavón et al., 2024; Fries et al., 2024). I have also played a substantial role in the education and training initiative serving on the EMCC Conference Events Workgroup. We organized a mentoring workshop for the 2022 ISBD Conference featuring mentoring advice from Robert Post. The needs survey uncovered that EMCs faced challenges to the scientific writing and publishing, so we designed a workshop for the 2023 Conference that addressed components of publishing with insights from Professors Gin Malhi and Jair Soares. At the 2024 Conference, we hosted a grant writing workshop, which showcased experienced grant writers, reviewers, and representatives of funding agencies supporting bipolar disorder research. I am eager to continue expanding the education initiative by creating workshops, webinars, and resources to meet the training and education needs of EMC researchers and clinicians. My vision for the EMCC aligns seamlessly with the strategic objectives of the ISBD Board, aiming to enhance the organization’s capacity to support EMC researchers and clinicians. As a member of the ISBD Board of Directors, I will champion initiatives to broaden the reach and impact of these efforts including advocating for increased global representation to engage and support a diverse range of EMCs. I will continue to elicit feedback as a Board member to ensure that we are meeting the needs of EMCs in the field. I am eager to continue collaborating with EMCC members and stakeholders to drive forward our shared mission. **Team Category:** Board --- ### [Sara Schley](https://www.isbd.org/teams/sara-schley/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** I have lived with Bipolar II for over forty years. My first episode was at age 21 while I was a senior at Brown University who seemed to have it all. In what felt like a flip of a switch, it was as if an alien had abducted by brain. It was a tailspin into a living hell, and I was terrified. In the decades that followed, I suffered from a debilitating brain disorder. Like Persephone in the underworld, I was caught in the grip of a brutal force, a prisoner of the the darkness. I kept this mostly secret for forty years. I finally chose to tell my story – in a memoir, at ISBD, in a TEDx, and now a Documentary Film — to do three things: save lives, end the stigma, and maximize healing for all. Despite the vicissitudes of living with undiagnosed BD – it took 25 years to get my diagnosis of BD II — I have somewhat miraculously had a successful career of over 30 years as an international business sustainability consultant. I switched my focus in 2021 to become a full-time mental health advocate. My personal and professional mission now is to end the stigma, save lives and optimize healing for people living with bipolar. In addition to loving my family and taking maximum care of myself, this is now my full-time commitment. Towards this end, I have published a memoir, *BrainsStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum* in 2022. Dr. Holly Swartz, who had not yet met me at the time, called this the “Kay Jamison for BDII.” How did she know that was my aspiration. Along with my partner, Director Bonnie Waltch and a fabulous team of collaborators (Holly Swartz, Jim Phelps, Gregg Martin, Devika Bhushan to name a few), I am presently making an educational documentary called Brainstorm, that is inspired by my memoir of the same name. Through the privilege of conducting research for Brainstorm, we have interviewed over 30 scientists, many of the ISBD members, with a goal of transmitting cutting-edge bipolar science and breakthrough treatments to our audience. In addition to a full-lengh broadcast, Brainstorm will include several short films designed for specific target audiences by interest group (Parent, PCPs, etc.) as well as by content area (Circadian Rhythyms, Metabolic Psychiatry, etc.). I mention this because through the process, I have gained an overview of what is current in the field, what’s working, what’s not, and what’s on the horizon. Bottom line: there is hope! ISBD was and is my first professional affiliation in the world of bipolar disorders. I first told my story publically at the ISBD conference in 2021 when Dr. Holly Swartz and Dr. Trisha Suppes invited me to join them as an “Expert by Experience” in one of their sessions. The ISBD term “Expert by Experience” was and is healing in itself as was the opportunity to be witnessed and so well received in sharing both the pain and the hope in my story. In addition to ISBD, I presently work closely with CREST.BD (Dr. Erin Michalak) and BAN (Bipolar Action Network, Dr. Andy Nierenberg) and have positive working relationships with DBSA, IBPF, and Bipolar UK. I love to build partnerships and work in service of our common mission. **Team Category:** Board --- ### [Manuel Sanchez de Carmona](https://www.isbd.org/teams/manuel-sanchez-de-carmona/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Team Category:** Board --- ### [Trisha Suppes](https://www.isbd.org/teams/trisha-suppes/) **Published:** April 22, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** *Trisha Suppes, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Director of the Bipolar and Depression Research Program at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in Palo Alto, California. Her areas of expertise and research include long-term treatment strategies for bipolar disorder and treatment of bipolar and major depression. She also has interest in the use of complementary medicine for the management of mood disorders. Among her research on mood disorders, Dr. Suppes’ work on lithium discontinuation in the early 1990s changed the way psychiatrists approach the treatment of bipolar disorder leading to the recommendation for patients with bipolar I disorder ongoing treatment is appropriate. More recent work on mixed hypomania contributed to the changes in DSM-5 on mixed states.* *Dr. Suppes currently serves as the President for the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. She previously served two terms as the Secretary and Treasurere of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. Dr. Suppes was a member of Mood Disorders workgroup and chair of the Bipolar Disorders subcommittee of the APA Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5). She also served as co-chair of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs/Department of Defense work group on treatment guidelines for bipolar disorder. Additionally, she is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and several editorial boards. She has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Suppes was named by Thomson Reuters in 2014, as one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”. This distinction is given by publishing the largest number of articles that rank among those most frequently cited by researchers globally in 21 broad fields of science and social science during the previous decade.* *Before moving to Stanford in June 2008, Dr. Suppes was the Director of the Bipolar Disorders Research Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Suppes earned her BA in human biology at Stanford University in Stanford, California, her Ph.D. in anatomy/physiology at the University of California at Los Angeles, and her M.D. at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire. After graduating, she completed her residency in adult psychiatry at McLean Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Belmont, Massachusetts. Her postdoctoral fellowship in neurology was conducted at Stanford University School of Medicine, and her clinical fellowship in psychiatry was conducted at McLean Hospital at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. She also completed a fellowship in neuroscience at Harvard Medical School.* **Team Category:** Board --- ## Resources ### [Cognition Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-task-force/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Video on the challenges and rewards of task force leadership and the benefits of collaboration for patient care **Topic/Issue:** Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [ISBD Vascular Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-vascular-task-force/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Video on the connection between bipolar disorder and heart health **Topic/Issue:** Cardiovascular, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Vascular **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [On the Potentional for Dietary and Exercise Based Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Goals of the NExT Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/on-the-potentional-for-dietary-and-exercise-based-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder-and-goals-of-the-next-task-force/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Video on evidence for nutrition and exercise based supportive therapies for bipolar disorder **Topic/Issue:** Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Nutrition and Exercise **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Psychological Interventions Task Force](https://www.isbd.org/resources/psychological-interventions-task-force/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Video on the benefits and targets for psychotherapy, including trama, childhood abuse, etc. **Topic/Issue:** Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapy, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Pschological Interventions **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/substance-abuse/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Clinical notes on pharmacotherapy of comorbid alcohol and substance addiction in bipolar disorder **Topic/Issue:** Alcohol, Comorbidity, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Suicide Prevention](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Clinical notes on suicide prevention **Topic/Issue:** Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Suicide Prevention **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Clinical notes on diagnosis of symptoms of mania, hypomania and depression in children and adolescents **Topic/Issue:** Adolescent, Diagnosis, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Pharmacotherapy, Professional Resources, Symptoms **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Bipolar Disorder 101](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Clinical notes on diagnosis of symptoms of mania, hypomania and depression **Topic/Issue:** Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Symptoms **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Suicide Prevention: Persian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-persian/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Professional resource on suicide prevention **Topic/Issue:** Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Suicide Prevention **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** Persian --- ### [Suicide Prevention: Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-portuguese/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Professional resource on suicide prevention **Topic/Issue:** Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Suicide Prevention **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** Portuguese --- ### [Suicide Prevention: Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-spanish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Professional resource on suicide prevention **Topic/Issue:** Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Suicide Prevention **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** Spanish --- ### [Suicide Prevention: Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-danish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Professional resource on suicide prevention **Topic/Issue:** Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Suicide Prevention **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** Danish --- ### [Bipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-and-substance-abuse/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Patient resource covering alcoholic and substance abuse **Topic/Issue:** Alcohol, Comorbid, Patient Resources, Substance Abuse **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Bipolar Disorder and Metabolic Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-and-metabolic-disorders/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Patient resource covering metabolic function, obesity, exercise, diet and somatic comorbidity **Topic/Issue:** Comorbidity, Diet, Exercise, Metabolic Function, Obesity, Patient Resources **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Pregnancy & BD: Postpartum Period](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pregnancy-bd-postpartum-period/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Patient resource on managing triggers and sleep disruption in the postpartum period **Topic/Issue:** Patient Resources, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Women's Health **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Suicide Prevention: English](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-prevention-english/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Professional resource on suicide prevention **Topic/Issue:** Patient Resources, Prevention, Professional Resources, Suicide **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Suicide Prevention **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Pregnancy & BD: For Family and Friends](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pregnancy-bd-for-family-and-friends/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Family resource on supporting patients with management of symptoms during pregnancy **Topic/Issue:** Family Focused Therapy, Patient Resources, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Women's Health **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Pregnancy & BD: Navigating Pregnancy](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pregnancy-bd-navigating-pregnancy/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Patient resource weighing risks and benefits of drug treatment during pregnancy **Topic/Issue:** Patient Resources, Pregnancy, Women's Health **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Bipolar Disorder 101; The Basics (Persian)](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101-the-basics-persian/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Patient resource on symptoms of hypomania, mania, and depression for patients **Topic/Issue:** Depression, Diagnosis, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Symptoms **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** Persian --- ### [Bipolar Disorder Symptoms](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-symptoms/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Patient resource on symptoms of hypomania, mania, and depression for patients **Topic/Issue:** Depression, Mania, Patient Resources, Symptoms **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: Signs & Symptoms](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pediatric-bipolar-disorder-signs-symptoms/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Patient resource on diagnosis of mania and bipolar depression in children and adolescents **Topic/Issue:** Adolescent, Depression, Mania, Patient Resources, Pediatric, Symptoms **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Pregnancy & BD: Planning for Pregnancy](https://www.isbd.org/resources/pregnancy-bd-planning-for-pregnancy/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Patient resource for decision making around planning for pregnancy **Topic/Issue:** Patient Resources, Pregnancy, Women's Health **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [The Role of Light Exposure in Bipolar Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/resources/the-role-of-light-exposure-in-bipolar-disorders/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on chronotherapy, geography, and lithium: Presenters: Tone Elise Henriksen, Daniel Smith, Michael Bauer, Yuichi Easki **Topic/Issue:** Chronobiology, Chronotherapy, Circadian, Lithium, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [Longitudinal Trajectories and Outcomes in BD](https://www.isbd.org/resources/longitudinal-trajectories-and-outcomes-in-bd/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on Course and Outcome: Presenters: Melvin McInnis, Anastasia Yocum, Giovanna Fico, Ophélia Godin **Topic/Issue:** Course and Outcome, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [2025 Closing Ceremony](https://www.isbd.org/resources/2025-closing-ceremony/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Review of 2025 conference lessons and questions: Presenters: Holly Swartz, Koji Matsuo **Topic/Issue:** Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [Lifestyle Interventions for Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/lifestyle-interventions-for-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A review of diet and exercise interventions and impact on metablic function: Presenters: Ralph Kupka, Julie Milder, Elisa Brietzke, Sara Schley **Topic/Issue:** Diet, Exercise, Nutrition, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Chronobiology and Chronotherapy of Bipolar Disorders **Format:** WEBINAR **Duration:** 1 hour or less **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [Bipolar Disorder 101; The Basics](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-disorder-101-the-basics/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Patient resource on symptoms of hypomania, mania, and depression for patients **Topic/Issue:** Depression, Diagnosis, Hypomania, Mania, Patient Resources, Symptoms **Publication Type:** ISBD **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 5 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [2025 Satellite Symposium - Part 2: Optimizing Care in Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/2025-satellite-symposium-part-2-optimizing-care-in-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Sponsored symposium on prevention and early intervention: Allan Young, Tadafumi Kato, Lakshmi Yatham **Topic/Issue:** Early Intervention, Prodromes, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [Mitochondrial Genetics and Function in Bipolar Disorder: From Mechanisms to Treatment](https://www.isbd.org/resources/mitochondrial-genetics-and-function-in-bipolar-disorder-from-mechanisms-to-treatment/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium covering brain organiods, mitchondrial gene variants, antidepressants, and manic switch: Presenters: Mark Frye, Dana El Soufi El Sabbagh, Ana Andreazza, Manuel Gardea-Reséndez **Topic/Issue:** Antidepressants, Inflammation, Metabolic Function, Mitochondria, Neurobiology, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [The Role of Paraventricular Thalamic Nucleus (PVT) in Bipolar Disorder: Insights from the Mitochondrial dysfunction hypothesis](https://www.isbd.org/resources/the-role-of-paraventricular-thalamic-nucleus-pvt-in-bipolar-disorder-insights-from-the-mitochondrial-dysfunction-hypothesis/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Keynote covering inflammation, neurobiology, and antidepressants: Presenter: Tadafumi Kato **Topic/Issue:** Antidepressants, Inflammation, Metabolic Function, Mitochondria, Neurobiology, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [CANMAT Guidelines for Management of Patients with Bipolar Disorders - 2025 Update](https://www.isbd.org/resources/canmat-guidelines-for-management-of-patients-with-bipolar-disorders-2025-update/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symopsium on pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder: Presenters: Lakshmi Yatham, Valérie Tourjman, Ayal Schaffer, Holly Swartz **Topic/Issue:** CANMAT, Guidelines, Professional Resources, Psychopharmacology **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [2025 Women's Initiative Session](https://www.isbd.org/resources/2025-womens-initiative-session/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Session on women’s career and lived experience: Presenters: Cyrstal Clark, Georgina Hosang, Manpreet Kaur Singh, Minami Kinouchi **Topic/Issue:** Career, Lived Experience, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Women **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [The Circadian Paradigm in Bipolar Disorder Research and Practice](https://www.isbd.org/resources/the-circadian-paradigm-in-bipolar-disorder-research-and-practice/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A keynote update on chronobiology and chronotherapy: Presenter: Greg Murray **Topic/Issue:** Chronobiology, Chronotherapy, Circadian, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [Optimizing Cognitive Screening and Pro-Cognitive Intervention Strategies in Bipolar Disorder: Clinical Needs, Current Evidence, and Future Directions](https://www.isbd.org/resources/optimizing-cognitive-screening-and-pro-cognitive-intervention-strategies-in-bipolar-disorder-clinical-needs-current-evidence-and-future-directions/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A keynote on cognitive assessments, functioning and quality of life: Kamilla Miskowiak **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Cognition, Functioning, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [ISBD 2025 Awards Ceremony](https://www.isbd.org/resources/isbd-2025-awards-ceremony/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** 2025 SGJIA, Mogens Schou, Robert Post, and other awards: Presenter: Holly Swartz **Topic/Issue:** Awards, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [Similarities and Differences of Clinical Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder Across ISBD Asian Chapters](https://www.isbd.org/resources/similarities-and-differences-of-clinical-guidelines-for-bipolar-disorder-across-isbd-asian-chapters/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on guidelines from China, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan: Presenters: Koji Matsuo, Tae Hyo Ha, Jun Chen, Wei Hung Chang, Lakshmi Yatham **Topic/Issue:** Guidelines, Multi-Cultural, Professional Resources, Psychopharmacology **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [AI in the management, treatment and diagnosis of bipolar disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/ai-in-the-management-treatment-and-diagnosis-of-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A keynote debate on AI in bipolar management and implementation: Presenters: John-Jose Nunez, Trevor Young **Topic/Issue:** AI, Machine Learning, Professional Resources, Technology **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [2025 Chiba Opening Ceremony](https://www.isbd.org/resources/2025-chiba-opening-ceremony/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** The welcome to all delegate for the ISBD 2025 Conference in Chiba Japan: Presenters: Holly Swartz, Koji Matsuo **Topic/Issue:** Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [Dispelling Mental Illness Stigma](https://www.isbd.org/resources/dispelling-mental-illness-stigma/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An Experts by Experience Keynote on Stigma: Presenter: Devika Bushan **Topic/Issue:** Experts by Experience, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Stigma **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [CANMAT 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Perinatal Mood Disorders](https://www.isbd.org/resources/canmat-2025-clinical-practice-guideline-for-the-management-of-perinatal-mood-disorders/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A CANMAT guidelines keynote on pregnancy and women’s health: Pregnancy: Simone Vigod **Topic/Issue:** CANMAT, Guidelines, Pregnancy, Professional Resources, Women's Health **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [2025 Satellite Symposium Part 1: The Promise and Challenges of Precision Psychiatry](https://www.isbd.org/resources/2025-satellite-symposium-part-1-the-promise-and-challenges-of-precision-psychiatry/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Sponsored symposium on early intervention, the gut-brain axis, and psychotherapy: Presenters: Lakshmi Yatham, David Bond, Benno Haarman, Beny Lafer **Topic/Issue:** Early Intervention, First Episode, Microbiome, Professional Resources, Psychotherapy **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [Novel Metabolic Therapies in Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/novel-metabolic-therapies-in-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on biomarkers, obesity, inflammation and psychopharmacology: Presenters: Natalie Rasgon, Aysegul Ozerdem, Roger McIntyre **Topic/Issue:** Biomarkers, Inflammation, Metabolic Function, Obesity, Professional Resources, Psychopharmacology **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2025 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2025 **Language:** English --- ### [Circadian Hypotheses and Bipolar Disorder: Integrating emerging findings from basic, clinical and translational research](https://www.isbd.org/resources/circadian-hypotheses-and-bipolar-disorder-integrating-emerging-findings-from-basic-clinical-and-translational-research/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on chronobiology and chronotherapies: Jess Fiedorowicz, Collen McClung, Daniel Smith **Topic/Issue:** Chronobiology, Chronotherapy, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Advancing Precision Medicine in Mood Disorders through Large-Scale International Research Networks](https://www.isbd.org/resources/advancing-precision-medicine-in-mood-disorders-through-large-scale-international-research-networks/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on Canadian Biomarker Integration Network in Depression, CIBERSAM, and BD2: Presenters: Mark Frye, Benicio Frey, Eduard Vieta, Katherine Burdick, Annemiek Dols **Topic/Issue:** Biomarkers, Networks, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Re-Evaluating 'older' Drugs for the Treatment of Mood disorders; a Focus on MAOI's, Lithium and Psychedelics](https://www.isbd.org/resources/re-evaluating-older-drugs-for-the-treatment-of-mood-disorders-a-focus-on-maois-lithium-and-psychedelics/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on MAOI antidepressants, lithium, and psilocybin: Presenters: Trisha Suppes, Paul Stokes, Rebecca Strawbridge, Sara Ellis **Topic/Issue:** Antidepressants, Lithium, Professional Resources, Psychedelics **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Bipolar depression: Under-Diagnosed, Under-Treated and Under-Researched](https://www.isbd.org/resources/bipolar-depression-under-diagnosed-under-treated-and-under-researched/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An Experts by Experience Symposium covering antidepressant use: Presenters: Philip Mitchell, Sara Schley, Fernando Goes **Topic/Issue:** Antidepressants, Depression, Experts by Experience, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Group Psychotherapy for Bipolar disorder: Findings and Implications from Randomized Controlled Trials on Emotion-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapies](https://www.isbd.org/resources/group-psychotherapy-for-bipolar-disorder-findings-and-implications-from-randomized-controlled-trials-on-emotion-focused-cognitive-behavioural-therapies/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on social cognition, metacognitive training, and relapse prevention: Benicio Frey, Luis de Siquiera Rotenberg, Thomas Stamm, Grace O’Malley **Topic/Issue:** Clinical Trials, Cognition, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Professional Resources, Psychotherapy **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [New research on intergenerational transmission, neurobiological risk, and treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/new-research-on-intergenerational-transmission-neurobiological-risk-and-treatment-of-pediatric-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on vascular comorbidities and early intervention: Presenters: David Miklowitz, Boris Birmaher, Benjamin Goldstein, Manon Hillegers **Topic/Issue:** Course and Outcome, Early Intervention, Neurobiology, Pediatric, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Brain-Environment Dynamics in Early Stage Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/brain-environment-dynamics-in-early-stage-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on comorbid substance abuse and neurbiology: Presenters: Stephen Strakowski, Jorge Almeida, Elizabeth Lippard, Jennifer Siegel-Ramsay **Topic/Issue:** Comorbidity, Neurobiology, Offspring Studies, Professional Resources, Substance Abuse **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Suicide Risk in Bipolar Disorder: From Neurobiology to Treatment Targets](https://www.isbd.org/resources/suicide-risk-in-bipolar-disorder-from-neurobiology-to-treatment-targets/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on gender differences, chronobiology, and neurobiology in suicide: Presenters: Hilary Blumberg, Adrian Desai Bostrom, Laura Palagini, Anjali Sankar **Topic/Issue:** Chronobiology, Gender, Neurobiology, Professional Resources, Suicide **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Linking reward, dopamine, Metabolism and mitochondria: A Neurobiological Mechanism Underlying Mania and Mood Cycling in Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/linking-reward-dopamine-metabolism-and-mitochondria-a-neurobiological-mechanism-underlying-mania-and-mood-cycling-in-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on mitochondria and metabolic function: Presenters: Mary Phillips, Alessandro Colasanti, Ana Andreazza **Topic/Issue:** Metabolic Function, Mitochondria, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Cognition: A Role in Diagnosis, Prediction of Prognosis, and Treatment Response](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognition-a-role-in-diagnosis-prediction-of-prognosis-and-treatment-response/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Symposium on emotional cognition, borderline PD, and predominant polarity: Presenters: Hanne Lie Kjærstad, Kamilla Miskowiak, Richard Porter **Topic/Issue:** Cogntion, Course and Outcome, Professional Resources, Technology **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Ongoing Bipolar Mood Instability: What Can, or Could Psychological Interventions Offer](https://www.isbd.org/resources/ongoing-bipolar-mood-instability-what-can-or-could-psychological-interventions-offer/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Psychological Interventions Task Forcce keynote on mood instability: Presenter: Kim Wright **Topic/Issue:** Professional Resources, Psychological Interventions, Psychological TF **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Task Force:** Pscyhological Interventions **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Debate On: Antidepressant Medication During Maintenance](https://www.isbd.org/resources/debate-on-antidepressant-medication-during-maintenance/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A keynote debate on antidepressants and risk of manic switch: Presenters: Ralph Kupka, Eduard Vieta, Lakshmi Yatham **Topic/Issue:** Antidepressants, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Essential Guide to Lithium Treatment in Bipolar Disorders: A Practical Course](https://www.isbd.org/resources/essential-guide-to-lithium-treatment-in-bipolar-disorders-a-practical-course/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A workshop on lithium management and safety monitoring for renal effects: Presenters: Michael Bauer, Michael Gitlin **Topic/Issue:** Lithium, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [More than poles: the diagnosis and treatment of mixed states](https://www.isbd.org/resources/more-than-poles-the-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-mixed-states/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An Experts by Experience symposium: Presenters: Andrea Vassilev, Roger McIntrye, Trisha Suppes, Aníta Georgsdóttir **Topic/Issue:** Diagnosis, Experts by Experience, Mixed Features, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Capture and Describe the Subjective Experience of Bipolar Disorder](https://www.isbd.org/resources/using-generative-artificial-intelligence-ai-to-capture-and-describe-the-subjective-experience-of-bipolar-disorder/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An Experts by Experience symposium: Presenters: Iain Campbell, Daniel Smith, Michael Belanger, Nomhle Nhlapho **Topic/Issue:** Creativity, Experts by Experience, Professional Resources, Technology **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Opening and Awards Presentation](https://www.isbd.org/resources/opening-and-awards-presentation/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Iceland Conference Opening and Awards Ceremony Presenter: Holly Swartz **Topic/Issue:** Awards, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Genetic Architecture of Bipolar Disorder: Knowns and Unknowns](https://www.isbd.org/resources/genetic-architecture-of-bipolar-disorder-knowns-and-unknowns/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Keynote on bipolar genetics Presenter: Ole Andreassen **Topic/Issue:** Genetics, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [My Bipolar Journal](https://www.isbd.org/resources/my-bipolar-journal/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Keynote on living with bipolar disorder addressing advocacy and stigma: Leah Charles-King **Topic/Issue:** Advocacy, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Stigma **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [From Speech to Emotion to Mood: Mental Health Modeling in Natural Environments](https://www.isbd.org/resources/from-speech-to-emotion-to-mood-mental-health-modeling-in-natural-environments/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** Keynote on using natural speech data to understand mood variations: Presenter: Emily Mower Provost **Topic/Issue:** Machine Learning, Professional Resources, Technology **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Older Age Bipolar Disorder, Cognitive and Somatic Comorbidities](https://www.isbd.org/resources/older-age-bipolar-disorder-cognitive-and-somatic-comorbidities/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force keynote on comorbidity in older adults Presenter: Annemiek Dols **Topic/Issue:** Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Comorbidity, OABD TF, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Conference, Conference 2024 **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** VIDEO **Duration:** Greater than 1 hrour **Year:** 2024 **Language:** English --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - Japanese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-japanese/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Japanese --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - Lithuanian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-lithuanian/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Lithuanian --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-portuguese/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Portuguese --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - Romanian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-romanian/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Romanian --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - Swedish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-swedish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Swedish --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - German](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-german/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** German --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - Catalan](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-catalan/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Catalan --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-danish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Danish --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - Dutch](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-dutch/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Dutch --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - Italian](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-italian/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Italian --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - English](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-english/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-spanish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Spanish --- ### [Functioning Assessment Short Test for Older-Adults (FAST-O) - French](https://www.isbd.org/resources/functioning-assessment-short-test-for-older-adults-fast-o-french/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Force Assessement of Fuctioning in Older Adults for Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Functioning, OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Professional Resources, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorder **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** French --- ### [Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) - Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognitive-complaints-in-bipolar-disorder-rating-assessment-cobra-danish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Danish --- ### [Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) - English](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognitive-complaints-in-bipolar-disorder-rating-assessment-cobra-english/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** English --- ### [Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) - Japanese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognitive-complaints-in-bipolar-disorder-rating-assessment-cobra-japanese/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Japanese --- ### [Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) - Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognitive-complaints-in-bipolar-disorder-rating-assessment-cobra-spanish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Spanish --- ### [Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) - Finnish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognitive-complaints-in-bipolar-disorder-rating-assessment-cobra-finnish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Finnish --- ### [Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) - Swedish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognitive-complaints-in-bipolar-disorder-rating-assessment-cobra-swedish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Swedish --- ### [Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) - Turkish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/cognitive-complaints-in-bipolar-disorder-rating-assessment-cobra-turkish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Assessment Tool for Professionals Measuring Cognitive Functioning **Topic/Issue:** Assessments, Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Professional Resources **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** PDF **Duration:** Less than 15 minutes **Language:** Turkish --- ### [A Guide for Older Adults with Bipolar Disorders and Care Partners -English](https://www.isbd.org/resources/a-guide-for-older-adults-withbipolar-disorders-and-care-partners-english/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Booklet for Patients and Professionals **Topic/Issue:** OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychoeducation **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorders **Format:** PDF **Duration:** 1 hour or less **Year:** 2022 **Language:** English --- ### [A Guide for Older Adults with Bipolar Disorders and Care Partners - Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/a-guide-for-older-adults-withbipolar-disorders-and-care-partners-spanish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Booklet for Patients and Professionals **Topic/Issue:** OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychoeducation **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorders **Format:** PDF **Duration:** 1 hour or less **Year:** 2022 **Language:** Spanish --- ### [A Guide for Older Adults with Bipolar Disorders and Care Partners - Dutch](https://www.isbd.org/resources/a-guide-for-older-adults-withbipolar-disorders-and-care-partners-dutch/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Booklet for Patients and Professionals **Topic/Issue:** OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychoeducation **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorders **Format:** PDF **Duration:** 1 hour or less **Year:** 2022 **Language:** Dutch --- ### [A Guide for Older Adults with Bipolar Disorders and Care Partners - Portuguese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/a-guide-for-older-adults-withbipolar-disorders-and-care-partners-portuguese/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** An OABD Task Booklet for Patients and Professionals **Topic/Issue:** OABD, Older Adults, Older Age Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychoeducation **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Older Adults Bipolar Disorders **Format:** PDF **Duration:** 1 hour or less **Year:** 2022 **Language:** Portuguese --- ### [A Patient Guide to Understanding and Managing Cognition in Bipolar Disorder - English](https://www.isbd.org/resources/a-patient-guide-to-understanding-and-managing-cognition-in-bipolar-disorder-english/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Guide for Patients and Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychoeducation, Targeting Cognition Task Force, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** PDF **Duration:** 1 hour or less **Language:** English --- ### [A Patient Guide to Understanding and Managing Cognition in Bipolar Disorder - Catalan](https://www.isbd.org/resources/a-patient-guide-to-understanding-and-managing-cognition-in-bipolar-disorder-catalan/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Guide for Patients and Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychoeducation, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** PDF **Duration:** 1 hour or less **Language:** Catalan --- ### [A Patient Guide to Understanding and Managing Cognition in Bipolar Disorder - Danish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/a-patient-guide-to-understanding-and-managing-cognition-in-bipolar-disorder-danish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Guide for Patients and Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychoeducation, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** PDF **Duration:** 1 hour or less **Language:** Danish --- ### [A Patient Guide to Understanding and Managing Cognition in Bipolar Disorder - Spanish](https://www.isbd.org/resources/a-patient-guide-to-understanding-and-managing-cognition-in-bipolar-disorder-spanish/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Guide for Patients and Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient Resources, Professional Resources, Psychoeducation, Task Force **Publication Type:** Task Force **Task Force:** Targeting Cognition **Format:** PDF **Duration:** 1 hour or less **Language:** Spanish --- ### [A Patient Guide to Understanding and Managing Cognition in Bipolar Disorder - Japanese](https://www.isbd.org/resources/a-patient-guide-to-understanding-and-managing-cognition-in-bipolar-disorder-japanese/) **Published:** May 14, 2026 **Author:** isbd **Content:** A Targeting Cognition Task Force Guide for Patients and Professionals **Topic/Issue:** Cognition, Cognitive Assessments and Resources, Patient 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