Stigma is a major contributing factor to the 25% to 60% of people with bipolar disorder who attempt suicide and to the 4% to 19% who succeed.

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Bipolar stigma negatively affects not only the daily life of individuals with bipolar disorder but their families who love and care about them.  

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The media perpetuates misinformation and generalizations

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about bipolar disorder, leading to stigma and self-stigma. 

 

                  

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We can bring society's own psychiatric diagnosis of "bipolar stigmatization" to a humanistic end.

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