Bipolare Störung (Schweizer Geschichten 2019, von Matthieu Zellweger) - Swiss Press Award
Matthieu Zellweger
During the course of a year-long project about bipolar disorder, I shot in many different situations and with a good number of patients, healthcare providers, and relatives. For this image, I was embedded in the team of the emergency ward of a very large psychiatry hospital. This unit was closed and some patients denied the right to go out, often for their own safety. During that time, patients have only one horizon: the courtyard, here shielded from view by a curtain that was drawn on the open window. In addition to this literal locked-in, patients having the disease are often locked into their own world, not entirely in contact with reality as most people would perceive it. This may make it difficult to interact with them. - Zurich, Switzerland, 14 August 2018
Photo / Schweizer Geschichten
2019
Matthieu Zellweger
Die bipolare Störung stellt für die Betroffenen und ihre Angehörigen eine schwere Belastung dar. Viele mit der Krankheit verbundene Merkmale (Substanzprobleme, Stimmungsschwankungen) sind nicht nur stigmatisierend, sondern führen auch zu starker Einsamkeit. Dieses Projekt beschäftigt sich mit der Krankheit und typischen Situationen, in denen Betroffene zwischen stark medizinisch geprägter Realität, Stabilität und Momenten des Kontrollverlusts oszillieren.
