The Buckingham

Catherine Zeta- Jones is speaking to the press about her recent diagnosis of bipolar II disorder and about her recent stay at a mental health facility. “This is a disorder that affects millions of people nd I am one of them.” The actress told People magazine in this month’s cover story. She hopes that her coming out and talking about her problem will encourage others with the disease to also go out and seek help. “There is no shame in seeking help.” the actress tells the magazine.

Catherine says that once she opened up to the public about her disorder she was immediately affected by positive changes in her personal life. People magazine says that the Oscar winner sought treatment earlier this month at Silver Hill Hospital in New Cannan, Conn. The stress she encountered last year with her husband, Michael Douglas’s, throat cancer took a strain on this mother of two but her publicist says that she is feeling better and is ready to begin her work on two new films.