Improving Care and Wellness in Bipolar Disorder: A Collaborative Knowledge Translation Network
The CREST.BD team is the recipient of a major funding award from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) in the organization’s 2010 ‘Network Catalyst – Knowledge Translation’ competition. CREST.BD’s application was ranked first in the entire competition and was awarded 3 years of funding to support the growth of the provincially-focused team (British Columbia) into a Canada-wide Network.
Although CREST.BD has produced a rich palate of knowledge about the psychosocial facets of BD, we have produced particularly strong findings in four key areas:
- self-management strategies for BD
- psychosocial treatments for BD
- QoL
- stigma
During the term of this project, we will develop innovative ways of sharing information about these research findings with both people with BD and their health care providers alike. CREST.BD members Erin Michalak, Greg Murray, Sagar Parikh, Jamie Livingston, Victoria Maxwell, Elliot Goldner, Mark Lau, Vytas Velyvis and various partners including the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatment, the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and Coast Mental Health will be helping make sure the project hits the ground running and is successful. However, we’ll be counting on your knowledge, expertise and guidance too.
2012 Meeting Report
The 2012 CREST.BD Inaugural Network Meeting was held in Toronto, Ontario in February 2012. The following meeting proceedings report provides: overviews of presentations, discussion highlights, action items arising from the meeting, and meeting evaluations.
The aims of the meeting were to:
- Communicate and engage with existing and potential network members and partners;
- Capitalize on collective expertise to inform network development; and
- Develop a task list of action items to move forward with.
The event featured presentations from team members on the development of CREST.BD; the past, present and future of CREST.BD research; moving from a team to a network; optimizing and judging success through planning and evaluation; shaping the network; and Knowledge Translation (KT) platforms and communication strategies. Existing and new partners shared reflections from their organizational perspectives. Participants engaged in small and large group discussions.
Read the Network Meeting 2012 Proceedings Report
