BipolarLab.com

The Hellenic Bipolar Organisation (EDO, Elliniki Dipoliki Organosi) is the first non governmental non profit organisation for Bipolar patients (manic depressive illness) and related mood disorders in Greece. Its long term vision is to empower Greek Bipolar patients, their relatives, friends, and professionals with the ultimate aim of alleviating the ills of Bipolar disorder. It was founded in the loving memory of George Malliaris, father, professor and bipolar patient. The organisation works to develop programmes that will promote self-management of the disorder by developing self-help groups and self-management courses, will educate patients, professionals and the public by running seminars, conferences, and other events, and will advocate for patient rights through legal services, anti-stigma campaigns, and public advocacy. EDO supports and undertakes research for evaluating and monitoring all its programmes.

After one year of a successful pilot operation, we are currently seeking sponsors, donations and funds to continue supporting and developing further our work. Donations can be made directly to our bank account: IBAN GR38 0172 0260 0050 2604 3575 594 (account holder: Elliniki Dipoliki Organosi, Piraeus Bank, Greece) or via paypal: edo@bipolar.gr (note: we have tax-exempt status only in Greece for now). We also welcome new friends on facebook and members.

We value the support and strength of the international bipolar community that can offer to our vision and difficult work in Greece.

Greek Contact Details: Hellenic Bipolar Organisation (EDO), Asimaki Fotila 3, Pedion Areos, 11471, Athens, Greece Tel: 0030-210-8815970, email: edo@bipolar.gr

UK Contact Details: Yanni Malliaris, P025, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, SE5 8AF, London, UK, email: yanni@bipolarlab.com

Kraepelin Digitised: New Technologies for Monitoring the Course of Bipolar Disorder

DISCLAIMER: Any resemblance to the eminem and ipod ads is purely coincidental. No white microphones or ipods were used in the presentation, and the speakers have no association with Apple or Steve Jobs (other than helping him with his $1 salary). You can find more about the presentation here: http://symposium09.bipolar.gr

We are studying the attachment style and childhood experiences of people who have a history of psychosis or bipolar disorder and people who have no such mental health histories.

Attachment style is a term psychologists use to refer to the different ways people have learned to relate to the people they feel most close to, mainly from their experiences when they were young.

We also want to understand whether there are any cultural differences in the attachment styles of people from African-Caribbean, White-British and other cultural backgrounds. We feel that the attachment and childhood experiences of people from other cultural backgrounds have not been studied enough and we would like to change this. A better understanding of these experiences may help us to improve the experience of the clinical services people receive when in need.

Online Version of the study:

You can take part in the online-web version of the study by using the following link:

Online Information Sheet:
http://www.bipolarlab.com/attachment/attachment-web-study