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Mapping bipolar worlds: Lived geographies of ‘madness’ in autobiographical accounts

Abstract

This article aims to advance our understanding of women's and men's experiences of negotiating bipolar 'madness' in society and space. It addresses gaps in the clinical literature on life with bipolar and geographic accounts of 'madness' and psycho-emotional distress by considering altered ways of being in place that bipolar 'madness' entails and how narrative sense is made of these. Conceptually, I build on Cosgrove's (2000) approach to …

Authors

Chouinard V

Journal

Health & Place, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 144–151

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

March 2012

DOI

10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.08.009

ISSN

1353-8292