Leading the Way
Depression and its cousin, bipolar disorder, interfere with a person’s ability to work, learn, and enjoy life. Untreated, these diseases can be fatal: they result in death by suicide for 30,000 Americans each year. But because many people don’t realize—or can’t admit—that depression and bipolar disorder are real and treatable, the problem continues.
The University of Michigan Depression Center was created to fight these diseases.
The University of Michigan Depression Center is the first ever multi-disciplinary center dedicated to research, education, and treatment of depressive and bipolar illnesses. We bring together the world-class resources from the U-M Health System and almost all the U-M Schools and Colleges. The result: a unified approach to diagnosing, understanding, treating—and eventually preventing—depression.
