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HUGE IN THE HEALING PROCESS.
KATIE: AND DR. KELLY KERNER IS A
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST.
SHE'S IN OUR AUDIENCE.
AND DR. KERNER, HAVE WE SEEN AN
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
BEING DIAGNOSED WITH THINGS LIKE
BY POLAR DISORDER AND ***
EFFECTIVE DISORDER?
>> I WOULD SAY THERE HAS BEEN AN
INCREASE BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN
MORE ACCURACY AS PEOPLE COME OUT
AS THERE'S MORE AWARENESS.
AND THEN PEOPLE PICK IT UP
EARLIER AND THERE'S MORE HOPE,
REALLY, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN GET
ACCURATE TREATMENTS.
KATIE: AND DO YOU FEEL THAT
PEOPLE ARE MORE WILLING THESE
DAYS WITH MORE EDUCATION OR AT
LEAST BEGINNING TO FEEL MORE
COMFORTABLE SAYING I NEED HELP?
>> THAT WHEN I -- I FEEL LIKE WE
STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BUT
WHEN PEOPLE STEP FORWARD, I'LL
GET TEARY AGAIN, I THINK, JUST
BECAUSE OF THE CLIP THAT WAS
SHOWN.
IT MAKES SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE
BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THE PERSON
AND YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, I RESPECT
HER.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A COOL GUY.
AND THEN YOU REALLY SEE YOU'RE
NOT THE DISORDER, THERE'S MORE.
LIKE YOU'RE REALLY A PERSON.
KATIE: I'M WONDERING IF YOU
THINK THAT IN THE POPULAR
CULTURE, SOMETIMES I THINK TO
CHANGE ATTITUDES ABOUT CERTAIN
THINGS, IT STARTS FIRST IN THE
MEDIA TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND
TELEVISION AND MOVIES AND I'M
WONDERING, GLENN, WITH MOVIES