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WHEN the programme Being Bipolar, with psychotherapist Philippa Perry, was first aired on Channel 4 in 2015, the audience got a taste of anti-psychiatry in practice.
Prior to meeting any patients, Perry spoke about her doubts as to the validity of the diagnosis bipolar. When she met them, she asked whether a traumatic incident in their past had contributed to their condition and led to the symptoms they were experiencing.
One patient swept his arm through the air, and said: “Zero, zero, zero.”
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