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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.

2025 - Ellen Forney

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

19th Annual Prechter Lecture featuring Ellen Forney
2024 - Gregg F. Martin

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

 2023 - Andy Dunn

Andy Dunn, entrepreneur, investor, and author

Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program - Annual Prechter Lecture
2022 - Chamique Holdsclaw

Chamique Holdsclaw, former WNBA star

16th Annual Prechter Lecture featuring Chamique Holdsclaw
2021 - Norman J. Ornstein

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

15th Prechter Lecture - Reforming and Transforming Our Broken System on Serious Mental Illness
2019 - Pete Earley

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

13th Annual Prechter Lecture featuring Pete Earley
2018 - Kay Redfield Jamison

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

Prechter Lecture 2018
2017 - Marya Hornbacher

Marya Hornbacher, author of: Madness - A Bipolar Life

2017 prechter lecture
2016 - Mimi Baird

Mimi Baird, author of: He Wanted the Moon

2016 prechter lecture
2015 - Leroy Hood

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

Systems Medicine and Proactive P4 Medicine: Medicine at a Tipping Point
2014 - Kathleen Ries Merikangas

Kathleen Ries Merikangas, Ph.D.

"Deconstructing bipolar disorder: from the population to the clinic" - 8th Annual Prechter Lecture

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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.

Events
10 21 2026 5:30 pm 10 21 2026 - 8:15 pm

20th Annual Prechter Lecture: Celebrating Legacy and the Future
Join the 20th Annual Prechter Lecture, a free public event reflecting on two decades of bipolar disorder research, education and innovation.