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Perceived public stigma and perceived public exposure by persons living with bipolar disorder: A qualitative study.

Sophie FavreJean-Michel AubryHélène Richard-Lepouriel
Published in: The International journal of social psychiatry (2022)
The representation of bipolar disorder in society via newspapers, films/TV series, conferences, and celebrity self-disclosures is considered to have multiple impacts. People living with bipolar disorder have also reported a perceived public stigma of bipolar disorder that has both specific features and characteristics of general mental illness.
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