Susan Kilbride-Roper

Susan Kilbride-Roper is co-owner of the Empowerment Connection which works within the mental health community to promote mental health and raise awareness of mental illness. She talks openly about her lived experience with bipolar disorder type 1 and addiction to alcohol. In this video, Susan shares her experiences of living with concurrent disorder, the importance of diagnosis, and why it's so critical to talk openly and honestly about mental health and mental illness.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Susan Kilbride-Roper
• empowerment
• connection
• mental health
• mental illness
• recovery
• bi-polar
• bipolar disorder
• alcohol
• concurrent disorder