International Bipolar Foundation

For 10 years, the goal of International Bipolar Foundation has been to connect people afflicted with bipolar disorder and mental health issues with critical, life-saving information about treatment options, care giving, and healthy living at zero cost. We believe that access to educational health improvement information should be free and accessible which is why we print our book, Healthy Living with Bipolar Disorder, in 6 languages and send it anywhere in the world at no charge. Our resource guides include contributions by experts in the field of mental health and those with lived experience.
These resources help in need individuals find physicians, support groups, and caregivers convenient to them. It is our hope that people of all ages who may suffer or knows someone who suffer from bipolar disorder or a mental illness will find life-changing support through our programs and published educational mental health resources.

International Bipolar Foundation's strategies for fulfilling its goal of creating a better world for those diagnosed with bipolar disorder and their caregivers are educating people of all ages about what bipolar is and how to treat the symptoms, providing resources to those in need on helpful ways to reach medical professionals, and providing a platform for people with lived experience to share their stories of hope. Our social media accounts connect individuals from all over the world with video lectures from medical experts who share their research and give advice to people in common terminology. Our blog gives writers with lived experience the opportunity to share their stories and inspire people to be open about their journey with mental illness. Through our resources, people from all over the world who may face persecution for their mental illnesses, have found hope and healing from the critical information we provide to them at zero cost.

We currently have over 250,000 social media followers who engage with the content we produce everyday. We are able to discuss with them what services they need and enjoy to see from our organization and how we can better assist them in their daily lives. Our website serves as the platform for our programs which stores all of our webinar lectures, our blog, and our calendar of events to keep people in the loop and involved. Our staff devotes their time to providing people in need with the necessary information for them to prosper with a bipolar diagnosis. Our programs are our top priority because they educate those who may not understand what life is like for those living with a diagnosis and may give the tools to help someone in need. We have access to thousands of resources from around the world that can help people in almost any geographic location find some kind of treatment.

International Bipolar Foundation has reached millions of people worldwide through the dissemination of our healthy living resources and our social media presence. We have sent our book to tens of thousands of people who then share it with many other people around the world. Thousands of young scouts have earned our Mental Health Awareness Patch by learning about bipolar disorder and how it can affect their loved ones. Our anti-stigma campaign connects with millions of people from many countries and helps inspire dialogue among young and old people alike which in turn, combats stigma. We are hoping to grow each one of our programs to the many places where mental illness can mean imprisonment and death. By growing the foundation of people that we interact with on a daily basis, we can spread our messages to those in need who may not have a voice against those who stigmatize and belittle them. We hope to inspire the world to do better and show more compassion towards those with bipolar disorder.