About The Black Dog Institute

What we do?

The Black Dog Institute is an educational, research, clinical and community-oriented facility offering specialist expertise in mood disorders - a range of disorders that include depression and bipolar disorder. The Institute is attached to the Prince of Wales Hospital and affiliated with the University of New South Wales.

Our Mission

The Institute's mission is to advance the understanding, diagnosis and management of the mood disorders by continuously raising clinical, research, education and training standards. In so doing, the Institute aims to improve the lives of those affected - and in turn - the lives of their families and friends.

Why Black Dog?

The Institute takes its name from Sir Winston Churchill’s reference to his own depression, which he termed his ‘black dog’. Read more.

The Black Dog Institute Website

The Black Dog Institute website provides high quality information about depression and bipolar disorder.  It provides downloadable Fact Sheets, self-assessment tests, resources for health professionals, daily mood charts and articles.  Visit the website at www.blackdoginstitute.org.au