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“We are letting people with bipolar disorder down” warns RCPsych Registrar in new BBC documentary about Heston Blumenthal

The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Registrar, Dr Trudi Seneviratne OBE has contributed to a new BBC documentary Heston: My Life with Bipolar about the celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal and bipolar disorder:

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