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The big-media mainstreaming of mental illness continues, for better or worse, with the revelation that a character on 90210 suffers from bipolar disorder. In a recent episode, the cool, quirky Erin Silver surprised everyone by ranting conspiracy theories and resorting to wild physical violence. Read More
That's a little . . .
That's a little . . . disturbing, I don't watch 90210 for my own reasons but doesn't this just feed stigma? On average people still think that schizophrenia equates to dissociative identity disorder. Bipolars already get a bad wrap on the "crazy, violent psychopath" front and I assure all of you that I'm not violent. Even on the off spurts that I was, I have never been that horrendous. Being labeled as 'dangerous' doesn't help at all.
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