Mandla Anika, Billings Jo, Moncrieff Joanna
a Division of Psychiatry , University College London , London , UK.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2017 Oct;38(10):858-864. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1355947. Epub 2017 Sep 5.
In the light of debates about the nature of bipolar disorder (BD), the current article presents a thematic analysis of Internet "blogs" by self-identified bipolar sufferers. Extreme and frequent fluctuation of mood was considered the principal feature of BD, along with a broad range of other problems. BD was often invoked as an explanation for life difficulties or lack of achievement, and was mostly regarded as a brain disease. Most bloggers emphasized the importance of drug treatment, along with the self-management techniques. The blogs present a "bipolar identity," which is much broader than traditional definitions, are based on a medicalized model of the disorder, and are connected to the moral function of enabling people to externalize unwanted aspects of the self.
鉴于有关双相情感障碍（BD）本质的争论，本文对自称患有双相情感障碍的患者在互联网上发布的“博客”进行了主题分析。情绪的极端和频繁波动被认为是双相情感障碍的主要特征，同时还伴有一系列其他问题。双相情感障碍常被用作解释生活困难或成就缺失的原因，并且大多被视为一种脑部疾病。大多数博主强调药物治疗以及自我管理技巧的重要性。这些博客呈现出一种“双相情感障碍身份认同”，它比传统定义更为宽泛，基于该疾病的医学化模型，并与使人们能够将自身不受欢迎的方面外化的道德功能相关联。
