Question by stitch: Do you think it is right for people with a mental illness to be labeled?
Here is the scenerio. You have a mental illness. You go to an emergency room or to a different physician other than your regular GP. You have to list the meds you are taking if any. Then the doctor wants to know why you are on the meds. You explain you have a mental illness. Then the doctor changes their whole attitude towards you and tells you that “they” believe your “health problems” are attributed to your mental illness. Or they tell you that you are not going to receive special treatment (even though you do not request to be treated any differently) just because you are mentally ill. Do you think it is right?

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Answer by nes_nes_nes2000
Unfortunately, you get to be treated in a different way, that’s right… But it is of course a very wrong attitude… The World Psychiatric Association is trying to change all this stigmatization, hopefully they will manage it in a way…

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