Abstract
This Women’s Mental Health and Sex/Gender Differences Research (R21) is written to allow a one year study for women diagnosed with bipolar disorder and provide the implementation of a Gluten Free Grocery Program (GFGP) to reduce the symptoms and side effects of psychotropic medications associated with bipolar disorder as defined by the DSM-IV. To address the problem of lack of adequate treatments and alternative methods for women with bipolar disorder the implementation of a Gluten Free Grocery Program, is to be administered for the course of one year in the San Francisco and East Bay area. The goal is to allow women a choice to current psychotropic drugs that have proven to be harmful and consistently cause severe side effects, which essentially stops women from the use of any treatment. This program is aimed to increase the levels of functionality of the participants both mentally and emotionally to regain more functionality and life vitally.