Refuge

This image is part of the Wellcome funded ‘HELIOS-BD’ project led by Professor Daniel Smith at the University of Edinburgh (www.heliosbd.com). The knowledge exchange workstream of HELIOS-BD (led by Dr Iain Campbell in collaboration with Bipolar Scotland) is co-producing images of the lived experience of bipolar disorder - on the theme of light and mood - using generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. Individuals with bipolar disorder enter a short text description of their experiences into the AI powered image generator. The images below provide an insight into subjective experiences of hypomania and mania.

This image was generated from lived experience describing how the normal outer appearance of people with bipolar disorder hides complex emotions and thoughts. During hypomania, this can be accompanied by more intense sensory experience of music and colour.

We are always looking for interesting and visually appealing images for the cover of the Journal and would welcome suggestions or pictures, which should be sent to Dr Allan Beveridge, British Journal of Psychiatry, 21 Prescot Street, London, E1 8BB, UK or bjp@rcpsych.ac.uk.