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These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of Bipolar Lives. By using this website, you agree to these terms.
If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use the site.
Last updated: September 6, 2026
About Bipolar Lives
Bipolar Lives is an independent informational and documentary project about people who have publicly disclosed bipolar disorder or whose diagnosis has been reliably documented.
The site is intended to make source-based information about bipolar disorder and the lives of people who have experienced it easier to explore.
The editorial approach and inclusion standards used by Bipolar Lives are described on the Method page.
Not medical advice
Bipolar Lives does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, psychotherapy, or crisis services.
Information on this website is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare professional.
Descriptions of a person’s experience with medication, hospitalization, psychotherapy, substance use, recovery, or any other aspect of bipolar disorder describe that individual’s publicly documented experience. They are not treatment recommendations.
You should not start, stop, or change medication or treatment based on information found on Bipolar Lives.
Not a crisis service
Bipolar Lives is not monitored as a crisis or emergency service.
If you or someone else may be in immediate danger, contact the emergency services or crisis resources available in your location.
Messages sent through the Bipolar Lives contact form should not be used for urgent mental-health or medical situations.
Profile information
Bipolar Lives attempts to present accurate, source-based information. Profiles are based on public statements, interviews, books, journalism, institutional sources, historical documentation, and other publicly available material.
Bipolar Lives does not independently diagnose the people appearing on the site.
A profile’s description of bipolar disorder, Bipolar I disorder, Bipolar II disorder, treatment, hospitalization, psychosis, recovery, or other clinical information is intended to reflect what the cited sources establish.
Information may be incomplete, become outdated, or be revised as stronger or more recent sources become available.
No endorsement or representation
Inclusion on Bipolar Lives does not imply that the person profiled endorses, supports, participates in, or is affiliated with Bipolar Lives.
Likewise, Bipolar Lives does not endorse every statement, action, organization, product, treatment, political position, or other activity associated with a person who appears on the site.
Profiles are presented for informational and documentary purposes.
Accuracy and corrections
Bipolar Lives makes reasonable efforts to use reliable sources and verify significant factual statements before publication, but no website can guarantee that every piece of information will always be complete, accurate, or current.
If you identify an error, unsupported statement, incorrect diagnosis or subtype, broken source, image attribution issue, or other problem, please use the Contact page to report it.
Bipolar Lives may correct, update, expand, shorten, or remove content at any time.
Intellectual property
Unless otherwise indicated, the original text, design, organization, branding, software, and other original material created for Bipolar Lives are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
You may link to Bipolar Lives and may quote reasonable portions of its original written content for purposes such as commentary, research, education, or discussion, provided appropriate attribution is given.
You may not reproduce, republish, scrape, distribute, sell, or create a substantially complete copy of the Bipolar Lives database or website without permission except where applicable law permits such use.
Images and third-party materials
Some images and other materials appearing on Bipolar Lives originate from third parties and may be used under open licenses, public-domain status, permission, or another applicable basis.
Where appropriate, source and licensing information is provided for those materials. Third-party materials remain subject to the rights and licence terms of their respective owners.
Permission to use Bipolar Lives does not automatically give you permission to reuse a third-party photograph or other third-party material appearing on the site.
If you believe an image or other material has been used or attributed incorrectly, please contact Bipolar Lives through theContact page.
External links
Bipolar Lives contains links to third-party websites, including news organizations, academic institutions, archives, publishers, interviews, videos, podcasts, and other sources.
These links are provided for sourcing and convenience. Bipolar Lives does not control third-party websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, accuracy, or privacy practices.
A link to an external website does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of that website or its views.
User submissions
Visitors may submit corrections, sources, profile suggestions, image concerns, technical reports, and other messages through the contact form.
By submitting information, you confirm that you have the right to provide it and that your submission does not knowingly contain unlawful, defamatory, threatening, fraudulent, or malicious material.
Please do not submit private medical records, confidential documents, passwords, identification documents, or other sensitive personal information.
Submitting a suggestion or correction does not guarantee that it will be published or that a requested change will be made.
Profile suggestions
Bipolar Lives decides independently which people are included on the site.
A suggestion does not guarantee inclusion. People are evaluated according to the site’s sourcing, public-interest, and editorial standards described on the Method page.
Bipolar Lives may decline to create or may remove a profile when the available evidence is insufficient, conflicting, unreliable, or otherwise does not meet the site’s standards.
Acceptable use
You agree not to use Bipolar Lives in a way that:
- violates applicable law;
- attempts to gain unauthorized access to the site or its systems;
- interferes with the security or operation of the website;
- introduces malware or malicious code;
- uses automated systems in a manner that places an unreasonable load on the site;
- uses the contact system for spam, harassment, or abusive messages; or
- misrepresents Bipolar Lives content as an independent medical diagnosis or professional medical advice.
Access may be restricted when reasonably necessary to protect the website, its users, or its infrastructure.
Availability of the website
Bipolar Lives may change, suspend, remove, or discontinue any part of the website at any time.
There is no guarantee that the site, a particular profile, an external source, or any feature will remain available permanently or without interruption.
No warranties
Bipolar Lives is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Although reasonable efforts are made to maintain accurate and useful information, Bipolar Lives does not guarantee that the website will be error-free, uninterrupted, complete, current, or suitable for any particular purpose.
Limitation of liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Bipolar Lives and its operators will not be liable for losses or damages arising from reliance on information presented on the site, inability to access the website, use of third-party websites, or decisions made based on website content.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by law.
Privacy
Information submitted through or collected by the website is handled as described in the Privacy policy.
Changes to these terms
These Terms of Use may be updated as Bipolar Lives develops or as its services, policies, or legal requirements change.
The date at the top of this page will be updated when material changes are made. Continued use of the website after updated terms are published means that the updated terms apply to your subsequent use of the site.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws applicable in the jurisdiction in which Bipolar Lives is operated, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Contact
Questions about these Terms of Use can be submitted through theContact page.