• ‘General Hospital’ star Maurice Benard details terrifying bipolar episode in new memoir

    ‘General Hospital’ star Maurice Benard details terrifying bipolar episode in new memoir

    “General Hospital” star Maurice Benard details his battle with mental illness in his new memoir, recounting a manic episode so severe he believed Michael Jackson was singing about him. The 57-year-old — who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 22 years old — was prescribed lithium, a “wonder drug” he would take on and off, …