The Biggest Bipolar Disorder Event on the Internet

Dr. Adrienne Benediktsson 🇨🇦

Neuroscientist, Mother, Wife, Professor, Mental Health Advocate

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I’m a wife, mother, neuroscientist and someone with over 20-years of lived-experience. I believe that both science-based and compassion-based education about bipolar can help individuals with bipolar learn to live well.

Alessandra Torresani 🇺🇸

Actress & Mental Health Advocate
 talkBD.live/alessandra
 @alessandratorresani
 @emotionalsupportpod
 imdb.com

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I’m an actress and mental health advocate. I’ve appeared on the Big Bang Theory, American Horror Story, and Caprica! I’m also an ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Health, and I host the EmotionAL Support podcast, where I talk with guests about mental health to break through stigma!

Dr. Alysha A. Sultan 🇨🇦

Scientific Associate & Researcher
 Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder

I am scientific associate at the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My work focuses on understanding the associations between cannabis use bipolar disorder in youth, focusing on epidemiology, genetics, as well as biological and clinical correlates.

Andrea Paquette 🇨🇦

Stigma-Free Mental Health President & Co-Founder, Speaker, Changemaker
 stigmafreesociety.com
 bipolarbabe.com

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

Driven by a passion to combat mental health stigma and societal biases, Andrea shares her inspiring journey since her bipolar disorder diagnosis in 2005, addressing diverse audiences across North America. As an acclaimed mental health activist, educator, facilitator, speaker, and published author, she has delivered her story at 850+ venues, including schools, workplaces, and community events, touching thousands with her message of hope.

Dr. Andrea Vassilev 🇺🇸

Psychotherapist & Advocate
 @best.life.bipolar
 andreavassilev.com

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I am a California-based private practice psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of bipolar as well as the creator of the Overcoming Self-Stigma in Bipolar Disorder program. I am proud to serve the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) as a board member, the Experts by Experience co-chair, and on the psychological interventions task force. I have lived with bipolar for over 25 years and am an award-winning advocate for my community.

Anne Van Willigen 🇺🇸

Peer Researcher

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I have over forty years lived experience with BD. I am dedicated to aging well with BD and use Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Social Rhythm Therapy and yoga and mindfulness to do so.

Dr. Annemiek Dols 🇳🇱

Psychiatrist
 koorddansers.nl

Annemiek Dols is a psychiatrist working at an acute inpatient clinic in the university medical center of Utrecht. Her research is closely linked to her clinic work with a focus on mood disorders complicated by somatic or cognitive symptoms, neuropsychiatry and electroconvulsive therapy.

Bryn Manns 🇨🇦

CREST.BD Trainee & Clinical Psychology Graduate Student
 gruberpeplab.com

I am a graduate student in Clinical Psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder conducting research on emotions and positive emotion regulation in bipolar disorder. I am interested in better understanding the phenomenological experience of mania and how the sensations we experience in our bodies can influence how we regulate our emotions.

Dr. Chris Gorman 🇨🇦

Psychiatrist
 Bed Head Cast (Podcast)

Clinical work in outpatient care. Consultant at Centre for Sleep and Human Performance, Calgary Dermatology, and Harrisons Health Care. Special interest in mood disorders.

Dr. Colin Depp 🇺🇸

Psychologist
 profiles.ucsd.edu/colin.depp
 Cognitive Dynamics Lab

I am a clinical psychologist and a professor at the University of California, Diego. My research focuses on a number of aspects of bipolar disorder, including healthy aging with bipolar disorder, social connection, and suicide prevention.

David Dinham 🇬🇧

Psychologist & PhD Candidate
 edidaviddee
 lancaster.ac.uk

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

My day job is working as a psychologist. I’m also a PhD student at Lancaster University, UK with very patient supervisors! I enjoy researching peer initiatives and more recently, risk-taking behaviour in bipolar. I have lived with bipolar for many years.

Debbie Sesula 🇨🇦

Peer Support Program Coordinator

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I am an ambassador of peer support and known as the “peer support guru”. Living successfully with bipolar disorder II is like living an adventure never knowing what’s around the next corner. Just like my love of travelling and my favorite word hope which I describe as limitless and the belief that anything is possible.

Dr. Delphine Raucher-Chéné 🇫🇷🇨🇦

Psychiatrist & Researcher
 crispdouglas.ca
 mcgill.ca

I’m an adult psychiatrist and an assistant professor at McGIll University. My research program focuses on the development of a comprehensive understanding of the cognitive psychopathology of severe mental illness (i.e., bipolar disorder and schizophrenia-spectrum disorder), across stages, from neuroimaging to remediation.

DJ Chuang 🇺🇸

Mental Health Advocate
 djchuang.com
 u/djchuang

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I’m an Asian American of Chinese heritage who was diagnosed in 2000 with bipolar 2 disorder. I first started sharing my mental health journey in 2013 and increasing advocate for mental health, in Asian American churches and online communities. Since 2018, I’ve co-hosted the Erasing Shame podcast where we have honest talk for healthy living.

Dr. Elvira Boere 🇳🇱

Psychiatrist
 linkedin.com/in/elvira-boere

As a psychiatrist with special interest in bipolar disorders, I study the translational aspects of brain lithium imaging to clinical improvement following lithium treatment. My other research activities encompass depression treatment and prevention of new episodes.

Dr. Elysha Ringin 🇦🇺

Researcher
 linktr.ee/elysharingin

I’m a researcher working at the University of Melbourne in Australia. My research focuses on the link between cardiovascular health, lifestyle factors, and bipolar disorder. I’m particularly interested in how these these associations may impact cognition, and hope my research will inform new treatments addressing the cognitive impairments we often see in people living with bipolar disorder.

Dr. Emma Morton 🇦🇺

Senior Lecturer, Psychologist
 talkBD.live/emma
 @morton_emm

I am a Senior Lecturer (Teaching and Research) in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University. My research focuses on improving quality of life in serious mental health conditions, psychological interventions, and digital mental health tools.

Dr. Erin Michalak 🇨🇦

Researcher & CREST.BD founder
 talkBD.live/erin
 @erin_michalak

I’m the founder and Network Lead of CREST.BD, and Professor at UBC Psychiatry. My work focuses on enhancing quality of life and reducing stigma for people living with bipolar disorder.

Dr. Fabiano Gomes 🇧🇷🇨🇦

Psychiatrist & Researcher
 @fagomes1981
 @dr.fabianogomes

I am an academic psychiatrist at the St Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton Mood Disorders Treatment and Research Clinic/ McMaster University, Canada, where I work with people living with mood disorders to promote their stability and quality of life.

Georgia Caruana 🇦🇺

Neuropsychiatry PhD Candidate
 linktr.ee/gfcaruana
 @georgiacaruana

I am a senior PhD Candidate from the University of Melbourne, Australia. My research explores inter-relationships between cognition, the brain and biological processes such as inflammation in bipolar disorder. I am super passionate about multidisciplinary research and empowering lived experiences voices in our study designs.

Dr. Georgina Hosang 🇬🇧

Research Psychologist
 qmul.ac.uk
 @DrHosang

I am an Associate Professor at Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary, University of London (UK). My work focuses on the impact of life stress (childhood trauma and recent life events) on the onset and course (including physical health outcomes) of bipolar disorder. I am also interested in the developmental pathway from adolescent hypomania to bipolar disorder.

Dr. Glauco Valdivieso 🇵🇪

Psychiatrist
 ipep-personalidad.com
 @dr.valdivieso.psiquiatria

Psychiatrist, Researcher and Psychotherapist, Hospital Villa El Salvador, Lima, Perú. Professor in Medical School, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú. Member of Early Mid Career Committee of International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD)

Maj. Gen. Gregg Martin 🇺🇸

U.S. Army retired, Mental Health Advocate
 talkBD.live/gregg
 generalgreggmartin.com

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

36-year Army combat veteran, retired 2-star general, and bipolar type I survivor & thriver. Formerly President of National Defense University, am a qualified Airborne-Ranger-Engineer and Strategist. A graduate of West Point and MIT (PhD), my new book is now available:  “Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness”.

Dr. Hailey Tremain 🇦🇺

Psychologist & Researcher
 swinburne.edu.au
 crestbd.ca/hailey

 mentalhealthonline.org.au
I am a clinical psychologist and researcher, focused on improving psychological interventions for bipolar disorder, and on digital mental health.

Dr. Jacob Crouse 🇦🇺

Youth Mental Health Researcher
 sydney.edu.au
 @drcrouse
 LinkedIn

I am a researcher in Sydney, Australia, working mainly with young people in the early stages of anxiety, depression, and bipolar. My biggest research interest is in the role of circadian rhythms – the body clock – in depression and bipolar, and also the ways in which we can use tools like wearables to help guide interventions targeting sleep and circadian rhythms.

Dr. Jim Phelps 🇺🇸

Mood Specialist Psychiatrist
 DepressionEducation.org
 YouTube: PsychEducation
 BrainStorm Podcast

Semi-retired, focusing on education projects about the breadth of the bipolar spectrum and the alternatives to antidepressants. Providing people with bipolar detailed information on diagnosis and treatment in plain “kitchen table” English.

Dr. Joanna Jarecki 🇨🇦

Psychiatrist & Mental Health Advocate
 talkBD.live/joanna

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I am a Psychiatrist and Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University. I also live well with Bipolar Type I condition. Both my personal and professional experiences have taught me that a healthy and meaningful life is absolutely possible for individuals with this condition.

Watch “Bipolar Psychiatrist” for Joanna’s story : youtu.be/ri7s4LcxDPs

Dr. Joanna Jiménez Pavón 🇲🇽

Mood Disorders Psychiatrist
 @bipolarologa

I am a psychiatrist specializing in mood disorders, currently working in the Department of Affective Disorders of the National Institute of Psychiatry in Mexico. In addition, I collaborate with the Broad Institute and the Stanley Center, where I investigate genetics of bipolar disorder in Latin Americans. I like video games, board games, and cats.

Dr. John Hunter 🇿🇦

Researcher & Lecturer
 johnhunterphd.com

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

Dr. John Hunter is a South African researcher and lecturer, based in Johannesburg. His interest in large group awareness trainings (LGATs) – and their impact on mood and psychosis – is grounded in his personal experience of bipolar disorder and his participation in an LGAT in 2010. In 2017, he completed a Ph.D. in psychology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, proposing a neurobiological explanation for the relationship between LGAT conditions and results (hypomanic/manic-like states). In 2022, Dr. Hunter published an article explaining this work in the Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion (Hunter, 2022), in July 2023 he presented this work at the annual International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) conference in Louisville, Kentucky, and in June 2024 acted as an expert witness in a United States federal court regarding the use of LGATs in the Troubled Teen Industry. Dr. Hunter’s first book, Manufacturing Mania: The Dopamine Hypothesis of Religious Experience, is complete and is now available.

Dr. John-Jose Nunez 🇨🇦

Psychiatrist & Computational Researcher
 johnjosenunez.bsky.social

I’m a psychiatrist and researcher at UBC Mood Disorders and BC Cancer. For my research, I use artificial intelligence tools like machine learning and natural language processing to help improve mental health, with a focus on mood disorders like depression and bipolar disorder.

Dr. June Gruber 🇺🇸

Psychologist & Researcher
 gruberpeplab.com

June Gruber is a professor and researcher who conducts research on emotions and bipolar disorder. She is interested in better understanding experiences of positive emotion and general mental well-being, and has done recent work on young adults at risk for bipolar disorders.

Dr. Katie Douglas 🇳🇿

Clinical Psychologist & Researcher
 otago.ac.nz
 @KMD_research

Katie is a researcher and clinical psychologist from New Zealand. Her research is looking into psychological and cognitive interventions to help long-term recovery for people with depression and bipolar disorder.

Ken Porter 🇨🇦

National Projects Director of Mood Disorders Society of Canada
 linktr.ee/mdsc

Ken grew up in a household that was deeply impacted by Bi-Polar giving me unique insight, with numerous family members diagnosed with BP1 and BP2. He has worked in mental health for over twenty-five years as a Social Worker, Program Manager and National Director. His personal lived experience with Depression and Anxiety has been an important part of his journey. He is a graduate of the Social Service Worker Program at Northern College and Athabasca University’s Human Services Professional Degree program. Ken is recognized for his skills in Mental Health, Program Development, Policy, Government Relations, Project Management, Non-Profits, Technology, and Human Resources.

Dr. Lauren Yang 🇺🇸

Clinical Psychologist
 drlaurenyang.com
 @dr.laurenyang
 LinkedIn

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I am a licensed clinical psychologist with lived experience of bipolar II disorder. I serve as Associate Board President for Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and Education and Training Council Co-Chair for Asian American Psychological Association. I aim to destigmatize mental health conditions, challenge barriers to mental health care, and promote diversity in the field of psychology.

Dr. Lisa O’Donnell 🇺🇸

Cognitive Therapist, Social Worker
 socialwork.wayne.edu
 talkBD.live/lisa
 crestbd.ca/lisa

Lisa ODonnell is an associate professor at Wayne State University and a clinical social worker. She specializes in enhancing work outcomes for people living with bipolar disorder.

Dr. Louisa Sylvia 🇺🇸

Psychologist
 Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation

I am the Associate Director of The Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital. I am a researcher and clinician who studies lifestyle interventions (e.g., exercise, nutrition, sleep, yoga, heat) for mood disorders.

Louise Dwerryhouse 🇨🇦

Retired Social Worker, Writer & Mental Health Advocate
 My Blogs

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I was diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder over 30 years ago and have been living well with the disorder for over 10 years. I write to my younger self, who was alone and frightened by the volatile mood swings. I look forward to a society centred on acceptance, inclusion and less stigma. I recently finished writing a book called “My Bipolar Odyssey: From Despair to Living Well.” It will be out in 2025.

Mansoor Nathani 🇨🇦

Technology Enthusiast
 LinkedIn

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I work for the 2nd largest domain registrar in the world specializing in Web Hosting, Email, Domains and DNS. My lived experience with bipolar I disorder goes back 25 years. While living with Bipolar Disorder takes up a bunch of my energies, I try not to let it define me.

Dr. Manuel Sánchez de Carmona 🇲🇽

Psychiatrist
 talkBD.live/manuel
 bipolarhistory.com

Manuel is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry,  at the Anahuac University Mexico City and founder of the International Society of Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Mexican Chapter. He is past president of the ISBD and has over 25 years of clinical experience in the treatment of mood disorders.

Maryam Momen 🇨🇦

Dentistry Student (DMD candidate) & Mental Health Advocate
 @ballllanced
 bballanced.tumblr.com

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I’m a third year dentistry student and mental health advocate, but my story has been anything but conventional. Throughout this journey, I’ve made balancing the different demands of life—physical and mental health —a priority. I enjoy yoga, running, walking and reading. Ask me about my favourite book 🙂

Dr. Maya Schumer 🇺🇸

Psychiatric Neuroscientist & Researcher
 @SchumerMaya
 linkedin.com/in/maya-schumer-phd
 Research Gate Profile

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I am a neuroscientist and postdoctoral research fellow in psychiatry at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School studying bipolar disorder. My research uses neuroimaging and complex systems frameworks to identify neural networks underlying mania and mixed states, with an overall goal to model the dynamic nature of bipolar. I also live openly with bipolar disorder and use my lived experience insights to break stigma and advocate for coproduction/co-design practices in research.

Melissa Howard 🇨🇦

Mental Health Advocate, Blogger & Author
 @mindful_movement_for_mania

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

Melissa is a mental health advocate who currently contributes her lived experiences to a monthly blog for International Bipolar Foundation (ibpf.org). She volunteers as a peer mentor for postpartum support international (www.postpartum.net). Her forthcoming book titled “Mental/ish: A Memoir of Insanity and a Search for Stability” will be released in the spring of 2025.

Dr. Mikaela Dimick 🇨🇦

Researcher
 Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My research focuses on understanding the neurobiological mechansisms of suicide risk in youth with bipolar disorder.

Dr. Nigila Ravichandran 🇸🇬

Psychiatrist
 talkBD.live/nigila
 crestbd.ca/nigila

Dr. Nigila Ravichandran is a senior consultant psychiatrist in Singapore providing clinical care to patients attending emergency services. She mentors and teaches junior medical staff and students and is actively involved in taking mental health awareness to the community and regularly gives talks on radio, television, in public events and is currently also producing videos about child mental health together with a paediatrician friend.

Dr. Patrick Boruett 🇰🇪

Mental Health Advocate
 LinkedIn
 patrick.boruett

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I am a pharmacist and public health expert with lived experience of Bipolar Type 1 based in Kenya. I create awareness and reduce stigma through Bipolar Heroes Foundation. I believe in a World where those living with Bipolar reach their full potential. I love photography and storytelling.

Dr. Paula Villela Nunes 🇧🇷🇨🇦

Psychiatrist & Counsellor
 LinkedIn

Psychiatrist in Brazil since 2004, PhD in older adults bipolar disorder. Interest also in non-pharmacological interventions. Moved to Canada in 2023, working as a researcher and Counselor.

Dr. Rebekah Huber 🇺🇸

Psychologist & Researcher
 @RebekahHuberPhD
 ohsu.edu

I’m a licensed psychologist and a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Center for Mental Health Innovation at Oregon Health & Science University. My research aims to inform evidence-based care and suicide prevention in youth with bipolar disorder.

Robert “Coach V” Villanueva 🇺🇸

International Mental Advocate, NAMI National Trainer of Trainers, Retired Garbageman
 bipolarinthebay.com
 LinkedIn

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

Current Chair of the ”Healthy Eating for Bipolar Disorder” research at University of California at Berkeley. My first love is reducing stigma at the student level. I have fun speaking about my journey with Bipolar, in classrooms, medical facilities, psychiatric hospital, and were we can communicate and have an open conversation . I drive big rigs for fun and play with grandkid when I see them.

Watch “Bipolar in the Bay” for Robert’s story : youtu.be/0NehkAjWm9Q

Ruth Komathi 🇸🇬

Mental Health Counsellor

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I’m a mental health counsellor and a mental health advocate. More recently I have added gymming and eating better to the routine of things that keep me well. I am happy to share my lived experiences and also my professional experience with you!

Sara Schley 🇺🇸

Author, Filmmaker & Speaker
 saraschley.com / brainstormthefilm.com
 @brainstormthefilm
 LinkedIn

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I’m an author, filmmaker, and and business owner. I’ve also been living with bipolar II for over forty years as depicted in my memoir, BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. I’m presently making a documentary inspired by the book with a stellar team to shine a spotlight on the bipolar spectrum. Our mission: end stigma, save lives, create healing.

Dr. Sarah H. Sperry 🇺🇸

Clinical Psychologist & Researcher
 @DrSarahSperry
 sperry.lab.medicine.umich.edu
 @drsarahsperry.bsky.social

Dr. Sarah Sperry is the Richard Tam Early Career Professor of Translational Bipolar Research and Associate Director of the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program at the University of Michigan. Her research and clinical work focuses on understanding and developing targeted interventions for emotion dysregulation, sleep disturbances, and co-occurring alcohol and substance use in individuals with bipolar disorder.

Sarah Salice 🇺🇸

Art Psychotherapist & Professional Counselor Associate
 LinkedIn

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

Sarah Salice, MPS, ATR-BC, CLAT, LPCA, CGP is a registered, board-certified, & licensed Art Psychotherapist & Professional Counselor Associate in Connecticut; working at Silver Hill Hospital. She serves as the Vice President for the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Associate Board. She is also the co-founder and co-leader of The Mood Pros Society through DBSA. Sarah has been living with Bipolar Disorder for over 20 years. She is passionate about advocacy, education, reducing the stigma, and art.

Dr. Serge Beaulieu 🇨🇦

Psychiatrist & Clinical Researcher
 mcgill.ca

I am a psychiatrist and clinical researcher, Medical Chief of the Bipolar Disorders Program at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. For over 40 years, I have been committed to treating and researching how to better understand the biological and environmental factors of bipolar disorders, with the goal of identifying these factors to improve and develop better treatments. Currently, my team is concentrating our efforts in a longitudental study investigating sleep patterns in Bipolar Disorder, as well as several clinical trials investigating the efficacy of different treatments in improving Bipolar depression. My main objective is to better understand bipolar disorders from the epidemiological, biological, chemical, psychological, social and genetic points of view.

Shaley Hoogendoorn 🇨🇦

Advocate, Podcaster & Content creator
 @this.is.bipolar
 this.is.bipolar
 thisisbipolar Podcast

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

Shaley Hoogendoorn is a speaker, content creator and mental health advocate who aims to dismantle the stigma around mental illness and create a safe community for those that struggle. She lives with bipolar ll, and is passionate about educating and empowering others about mental health disorders. She has contributed to publications for Sanctuary Ministries, Psych Central and BP Hope magazine. She hosted a series interviewing women living with mental illnesses at SheLoves Magazine in a series named “Sisters in Mental Illness.” Shaley currently hosts “This is Bipolar” vlog and podcast. Shaley is also an elementary school teacher and an event planner.

Dr. Sheri Johnson 🇺🇸

Clinical Psychologist & Researcher
 talkBD.live/sheri
 crestbd.ca/sheri
 calm.berkeley.edu

Sheri L. Johnson, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and the Director of the CAL Mania (CALM) Program at the University of California Berkeley. She has conducted research on goal-setting, emotion and impulsivity in bipolar disorder for 25 years, and is happy to answer questions.

Dr. Tamsyn Van Rheenen 🇦🇺

Researcher
 @TamsynVR
 tamsynvanrheenen.com

I am an Associate Professor and Head of the Mood-Psychosis Spectrum Group in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne in Australia. My research aims to understand cognitive functions (thinking skills like memory, attention, planning etc) in mental health conditions, particularly bipolar disorder, and understand why some people experience difficulties with these functions.

Dr. Thomas Richardson 🇬🇧

Clinical Psychologist & Academic
 @DrTomRichardson
 @DrTomRichardson
 @DrThomasRichardson

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

Thomas is a UK based Clinical Psychologist specializing in Bipolar disorder. He worked in the UK National Health Service before joining the University of Southampton as an Associate Professor. He also has lived experience of Bipolar.

Twyla Spoke 🇨🇦

Registered Nurse

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

I’m a Registered Nurse working passionately in Heart Failure Management. I am also a mom of 3 wonderful kiddos. I was diagnosed only 5 years ago at the age 40. These days I feel increasingly optimistic as I work hard learning about living well with Bipolar.

Victoria Maxwell 🇨🇦

Mental Health Keynote Speaker, Actor & Lived Experience Strategic Advisor 
 victoriamaxwell.com
 LinkedIn

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

Victoria is a recognized keynote speaker who uses her humour and personal story of recovery from mental illness to make difficult mental health conversations more comfortable and transform negative beliefs. She’s been a member of CREST.BD since its inception; is a Lived Experience Strategic Advisor for the British Columbia Mental Health Substance Use Services and has blogged for Psychology Today for more than 15 years. Her theatrical keynote “That’s Just Crazy Talk” is rated one of the top anti-stigma interventions in the country. She lives with bipolar disorder, anxiety and psychosis.

Vimal Singh 🇿🇦

Pharmacist & Mental Health Researcher
 LinkedIn

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

Professionally a pharmacist and mental health researcher with lived experience of bipolar disorder, anxiety and adult attention disorder. Passionate about helping others cope with bipolar disorder. I love swimming, playing tennis, forest and beach walks, gardening, and cooking up a storm in the kitchen!

Dr. Wendy Ingram 🇺🇸

Mental Health Biologist and Informaticist, Advocate
 dragonflymentalhealth.org
 wendymarieingram.com
 @pyromanticism
 @DragonflyMH

❤ Lives with bipolar disorder

A mental health researcher by training and now leading a global mental health advocacy nonprofit, Dragonfly Mental Health, which cultivates excellent mental health among academics worldwide through peer-led education, skills training, and community building.