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One of Walford’s most loved characters, Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner), is set to face her toughest challenge yet as she comes to terms with the prospect that she suffers from bipolar disorder, the same condition that her mother Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) has had for many years.

EastEnders on BBC One has worked closely with various charities including Mind and MDF The BiPolar Organisation (Manic Depression Fellowship), on researching this storyline to accurately reflect the issue.

Viewers have recently seen Stacey struggling to come to terms with the death of her friend Danielle and since then her life has been continuing on a downward spiral but, over the next few weeks, viewers will see her mum, Jean, try to persuade her to seek medical attention. However, a fearful Stacey is adamant that there is nothing wrong and tries to carry on as usual. Read the rest of this entry »

Akmal Shaikh was executed at 10.30am local time on December 29 2009 in Urumqi, China.

Sharing Bipolar.com is appalled that China killed Akmal despite his severe mental illness and vulnerability. Akmal’s tragic death is a shocking failure of the Chinese legal system.

About Akmal Shaikh

A British small business owner from North London, Akmal was married with five children.

Akmal had a lifelong history of very strange behaviour, and he suffered from an extremely serious mental condition. A preliminary medical report by clinical psychologist Dr Peter Schaapveld suggests that the odd decisions leading up to Akmal’s offence were most likely influenced by some form of delusional psychosis.
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