Posted on 04/13/2011 8:02:10 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A representative for Catherine Zeta-Jones confirmed Wednesday that the actress recently underwent inpatient treatment for bipolar II disorder at a Connecticut mental health facility.
Booster Shots spoke about the disorder with David J. Miklowitz, PhD, a professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and author of "The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know."
Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic-depression, is typically lifelong and recurrent, Miklowitz said. Some people have their first episode in childhood, others later in life; the majority, during the teen years. Some people experience episodes every few years; others are in and out of episodes constantly.
Bipolar I is characterized by severe manias, said Miklowitz, during which people either "feel on top of the world" or irritable and angry. They sometimes feel like they have superpowers or heightened perception; their thoughts race and they're loaded with energy. Usually people with bipolar I swing between this manic state and a "flip side" of extreme depression during which they slow down, feel sad and lose interest in activities they usually enjoy (including sex). They can suffer from fatigue and insomnia, and can become suicidal.
People with bipolar II swing from severe depression to a milder and briefer manic state called hypomania. They aren't impaired to the extent that folks with bipolar I can be. "People notice a change, but it's not extreme," Miklowitz said.
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The Ann Coulter rule applies to Catherine Zeta Jones threads, too.
Not guilty.
She’s been chain smoking and drinking....
A very attractive woman indeed. Hope she gets what she needs.
Beautiful lady. Her inner turmoil must be extensive.
All the purdy ones are crazy...
It doesn’t name the “mental health institute” she went to, but I’ll bet it was Silver Hill, in New Canaan. I knew a few people who went there some years ago. It was very fashionable for treating drug addiction or drying out from alcohol, or similar problems among the rich & famous.
That’s the one the TV gossip shows are reporting now.
Best of luck to a classy lady.
BUMP! BUMP!
Chain smoking would be really stupid especially when watching one’s husband have to deal with stage 4 throat cancer.
It is good to have money and friends and family to help in times of need with mental health. Too many have to go it alone and end up homeless.
Ben
She is truly stunning...one of the great beauties of Hollywood or in the world. However, I was startled to see some before and after photos of Catherine, and I must commend her plastic surgeon. I somehow assumed she was born as she looks now, but she has had a lot of help - as all people in Hollywood have.
At least she doesn't look odd as many of the women these days with the new plastic surgery look that seems to be so popular. Raquel Welch still looks like herself and fantastic, but so many others are unrecognizable due to the drastic surgery that really looks so strange.
Proving once again that the pretty ones are always nuts.
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