Editing Bipolar disorder (section)

===Media portrayals===
Several dramatic works have portrayed characters with traits suggestive of the diagnosis which have been the subject of discussion by psychiatrists and film experts alike.

In ''[[Mr. Jones (1993 film)|Mr. Jones]]'' (1993), ([[Richard Gere]]) swings from a manic episode into a depressive phase and back again, spending time in a psychiatric hospital and displaying many of the features of the syndrome.{{sfn|Robinson|2003|pp=78–81}} In ''[[The Mosquito Coast (film)|The Mosquito Coast]]'' (1986), Allie Fox ([[Harrison Ford]]) displays some features including recklessness, grandiosity, increased goal-directed activity and mood lability, as well as some [[paranoia]].{{sfn|Robinson|2003|pp=84–85}} Psychiatrists have suggested that [[Willy Loman]], the main character in [[Arthur Miller]]'s classic play ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', has bipolar disorder.<ref>{{cite news| vauthors = McKinley J |title=Get That Man Some Prozac; If the Dramatic Tension Is All in His Head|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/28/weekinreview/ideas-trends-get-that-man-some-prozac-if-the-dramatic-tension-is-all-in-his-head.html|access-date=March 3, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 28, 1999|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120101024850/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/28/weekinreview/ideas-trends-get-that-man-some-prozac-if-the-dramatic-tension-is-all-in-his-head.html |archive-date=January 1, 2012}}</ref>

The 2009 drama ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]'' featured a character, Silver, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpkids.org/90210 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803024403/http://www.bpkids.org/90210 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 3, 2012 |title=Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation special 90210 website |publisher=CABF |year=2009 |access-date=April 7, 2009 }}</ref> [[Stacey Slater]], a character from the BBC soap ''[[EastEnders]]'', has been diagnosed with the disorder. The storyline was developed as part of the BBC's Headroom campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/05_may/14/stacey.shtml|title=EastEnders' Stacey faces bipolar disorder|publisher=BBC Press Office|date=May 14, 2009|access-date=May 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518033958/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/05_may/14/stacey.shtml|archive-date=May 18, 2009}}</ref> The [[Channel 4]] soap ''[[Brookside (television program)|Brookside]]'' had earlier featured a story about bipolar disorder when the character [[Jimmy Corkhill]] was diagnosed with the condition.<ref name="Echo14May2003">{{cite news|url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Brookie+boys+who+shone+at+soap+awards+show%3B+TONIGHT+the+nation...-a0101743730|title= The Brookie boys who shone at soap awards show|work= [[Liverpool Echo]]| vauthors = Tinniswood R |date= May 14, 2003|access-date=April 26, 2014}}</ref> 2011 [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s [[political thriller]] drama ''[[Homeland (TV series)|Homeland]]'' protagonist [[Carrie Mathison]] has bipolar disorder, which she has kept secret since her school days.<ref name="pilot">{{cite episode|title=Pilot|episode-link=Homeland (season 1)#ep1|series=Homeland|series-link=Homeland|network=Showtime|airdate=October 2, 2011|season=1|number=1}}</ref> The 2014 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] medical drama, ''[[Black Box (TV series)|Black Box]]'', featured a world-renowned neuroscientist with bipolar disorder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/black-box/cast/catherine-black|title=Catherine Black by Kelly Reilly |publisher=American Broadcasting Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523174651/http://abc.go.com/shows/black-box/cast/catherine-black |archive-date=May 23, 2014|access-date=May 22, 2014}}</ref>
In the TV series ''[[Dave (TV series)|Dave]]'', the eponymous main character, played by [[Lil Dicky]] as a fictionalized version of himself, is an aspiring rapper. Lil Dicky's real-life hype man [[GaTa]] also plays himself. In one episode, after being off his medication and having an episode, GaTa tearfully confesses to having bipolar disorder. GaTa has bipolar disorder in real life but, like his character in the show, he is able to manage it with medication.<ref>{{cite web |title=How a white rapper's sidekick became a breakout sitcom star — and TV's unlikeliest role model |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-04-15/gata-dave-lil-dicky |website=Los Angeles Times|date=April 15, 2020 }}</ref>

Since 2024, [[Nicola Coughlan]], has co-stared alongside [[Lydia West]], in the British [[Channel 4]] dark comedy-drama ''[[Big Mood]]. ''Coughlan portrays the leading role of Maggie a sufferer with the condition. In a series about two best friends navigating friendship amidst a mental health crisis.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarrubba |first=Stefania |date=16 October 2023 |title=Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan stars in first-look at new TV drama |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a45545891/bridgerton-nicola-coughlan-big-mood-first-look/ |access-date=12 May 2025 |website=[[Digital Spy]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111140632/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a45545891/bridgerton-nicola-coughlan-big-mood-first-look/ |url-status=live }}</ref>