Editing Adam Ant (section)

===Mental health issues===
Ant has spoken candidly about his mental health issues and experiences with the effects of the illness.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 1975, when he was living with his first wife at her parents' home in [[Muswell Hill]], he suffered from depression and became dangerously underweight. "I just didn't eat," he has said of this period, "I wasn't attempting to slim, I was attempting to kill myself." He took an overdose of pills and, after having his stomach pumped, was sent to Colney Hatch psychiatric hospital in North London; he was diagnosed as having [[bipolar disorder]] and discharged after three months.<ref name="auto" /> "I was totally fucked-up in the head. Things went wrong and something snapped. I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college."<ref name="guardian.co.uk" />

In 2002 Ant was poised to join the 1980s-focused ''Here & Now'' tour, but was unable to do so when he was arrested and charged, after throwing a [[Alternator (automotive)|car alternator]] through a window at the Prince of Wales pub in [[Camden Town|Camden]] and then threatening patrons with a [[starting pistol]].<ref name="SD Autobio" />{{rp|312–315}} Ant's court trial was held later that year at the [[Old Bailey]] in London. The charges against him, which included [[criminal damage]] and threatening members of the public, were reduced to a single count of causing [[affray]], to which he pleaded guilty. He was fined £500 and placed under a 12-month [[Community sentence|Community Rehabilitation Order]] for psychiatric care, with a [[suspended sentence]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2002-07-03|title=Adam Ant in court for hearing|language=en-GB|work=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2089948.stm|access-date=2022-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2002-10-02|title=Adam Ant to pay for affray|language=en-GB|work=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2292121.stm|access-date=2022-01-16}}</ref> In June 2003, it was reported that Ant had been arrested again on suspicion of criminal damage, before it was decided that he should be hospitalised for treatment.<ref name="SD Autobio" />{{rp|319}} <ref>{{Cite news|date=2003-06-12|title=Adam Ant arrested|language=en-GB|work=BBC|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2985024.stm|access-date=2022-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-06-12|title=ADAM ANT IN HOSPITAL AFTER NEIGHBOURHOOD RAMPAGE|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/adam-and-the-ants-8-1379863|access-date=2022-01-16|website=NME|language=en-GB}}</ref>

On 18 May 2010, Ant was returned to psychiatric hospital, where he remained until mid-June, subsequently returning home under outpatient supervision. In his 31 December 2010 interview for ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'', Ant discussed the [[side effects]] of medication for his bipolar condition: "In the past I've been a robot. It's been an out-of-body experience. Bipolar means up and down and that's me... Music has always been the best medication. I was on [[sodium valproate]] for seven years.... I couldn't get to sleep and I didn't make love for seven years. My hair fell out and I couldn't pick up a book as I couldn't concentrate. I didn't write a song or pick up a guitar in that time – and piled on the weight. I might as well have been dead. I work very closely with my [[General practitioner|GP]] and any decisions I make are made with him".<ref name="medicationhell">Adam Ant interview, ''The Sun'', 31 December 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/adam-ant-tells-of-medication-hell_1192117 |title=Adam Ant Tells of Medication Hell |website=Contactmusic.com |date=31 December 2010 |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312044559/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/adam-ant-tells-of-medication-hell_1192117 |archive-date=12 March 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> During an interview with [[BBC Radio 6 Music]], he declared that "mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with."<ref name=":1">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12546301 | work=BBC News | title=Adam Ant on fame, depression and infamy | date=23 February 2011 | access-date=20 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123151013/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12546301 | archive-date=23 November 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref> Ant is involved in the [[SANE (charity)#Black Dog campaign|Black Dog campaign]], which promotes better understanding of mental illness.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news| url= http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/adam-ant-releases-first-album-in-18-years-1.4754570| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130314035044/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/adam-ant-releases-first-album-in-18-years-1.4754570 |title= Adam Ant releases first album in 18 years| date= March 8, 2013 | agency= Reuters| work= Newsday.com |archive-date= 14 March 2013 | access-date= March 27, 2017}}</ref>