A lot has been said about Kanye West's recent anti-Semitic and racist outbursts with many linking the rants to his bipolar diagnosis but there are some who say that having bipolar doesn't mean you're excused from bad behaviour, so where do we draw the line?

Today we find out what it's like to actually have bipolar and how we navigate the fine line between excusing behaviour due to mental health and ensuring that behaviour doesn't hurt others.

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CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Anita Link - Living with BiPolar Disorder, Mental Health Advocate and Author of Abductions From My Beautiful Life (2021) which you can find here 

Dr Tania Perich - Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology at Western Sydney University

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Thom Lion

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