Clare Dolman is a researcher and mental health advocate. Her PhD at King’s College London focused on women with bipolar disorder’s decision-making around pregnancy and childbirth, a subject she knew about as she has Bipolar herself and experienced a postpartum psychosis after the birth of her first child.
Clare was Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Lead for the Women’s Mental Health Section at King’s College for a decade and is currently a consultant on various research projects in London, Cardiff and Edinburgh involving women’s mental health, especially in relation to hormonal events such as childbirth and menopause. She recently received the Patient and Public Involvement Award from the International Society for Affective Disorders.
She is Co-Chair pf the Bipolar Commission and an Ambassador and former Chair of Bipolar UK. She is also a trustee of the Global Alliance for Maternal Mental Health (GAMMH) and APP – Action on Postpartum Psychosis.
