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Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
2012
Star shots: Stigma, self disclosure and celebrity in
bipolar disorder
Wendy Cross
Monash University
Ken Walsh
University of Wollongong, [email protected]
Publication Details
Cross, W. & Walsh, K. (2012). Star Shots: Stigma, self disclosure and celebrity in Bipolar Disorder. In J. Barnhill (Eds.), Bipolar
Disorder - A Portrait of a Complex Mood Disorder (pp. 221-236). Rijeka: In Tech.
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Star shots: Stigma, self disclosure and celebrity in bipolar disorder
Keywords
self, disorder, stigma, star, shots, bipolar, celebrity, disclosure
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Publication Details
Cross, W. & Walsh, K. (2012). Star Shots: Stigma, self disclosure and celebrity in Bipolar Disorder. In J.
Barnhill (Eds.), Bipolar Disorder - A Portrait of a Complex Mood Disorder (pp. 221-236). Rijeka: In Tech.
This book chapter is available at Research Online: http://ro.uow.edu.au/hbspapers/3063
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