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A large audience sits in rows of blue chairs in a wood-paneled auditorium, facing a stage where five panelists are seated and one person is standing and speaking. Behind them, a large screen displays the event title: “19th Annual Prechter Lecture Panel Discussion.” The room is illuminated by natural light from tall windows with cream curtains, and the atmosphere is formal and attentive.

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Prechter Lecture Series

Initiated in 2007, the Prechter Lecture series is hosted annually in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Prechter Lecture highlights distinguished lived experience individuals, authors, researchers, and others whose work focuses on bipolar disorder as keynote speakers for this series.

Ellen Forney, author, artist, mental health coach, and soon-to-be therapist specializing in bipolar disorder treatment.

Gregg F. Martin, Major General U.S. Army (retired), combat veteran, Bipolar Disorder Survivor, Airborne-Ranger-Engineer qualified soldier, and Army Strategist

Andy Dunn, entrepreneur, investor, and author

Chamique Holdsclaw, former WNBA star

Norman J. Ornstein: "Reforming and Transforming Our Broken System on Serious Mental Illness"

Pete Earley, author of: Crazy - A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness

Kay Redfield Jamison, author of: Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character

Marya Hornbacher, author of: Madness - A Bipolar Life

Mimi Baird, author of: He Wanted the Moon

Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D.

Kathleen Ries Merikangas, Ph.D.

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“ASK THE DOCTOR” COLUMN

The Ask The Doctor column is penned by Melvin McInnis, M.D., for BP magazine. Dr. McInnis is the director of the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program. He is also the Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professor of Bipolar Disorder and Depression and Professor of Psychiatry. More information on Dr. McInnis can be found here.

Dr. Sperry is an associate director of the Prechter Program. She is also a clinician in the Bipolar Clinic at the Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry. More on information on Dr. Sperry can be found here.

BP AND ESPERANZA ARTICLES

We thank BP and Esperanza for allowing us to publish the following articles.