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Dr. Lieberman on How Popular Media Can Increase Understanding of Mental Illness
To the Editor:
Re “My So-Called Bipolar Life,” by Jamie Stiehm (Op-Ed, Jan. 18):
Stories of bipolar disorder, like Ms. Stiehm’s, resonate with the public and the media. This year, the television series “Homeland” won a Golden Globe award for best TV drama. Two years ago, “Next to Normal,” a play about a mother with bipolar disorder, won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Read more at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opinion/bipolar-disorder-and-societys-response.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y
