As part of a broader shift away from labeling people, the Associated Press Stylebook no longer sanctions referring to people as “schizophrenic,” suggesting instead the term “diagnosed with schizophrenia.”
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As part of a broader shift away from labeling people, the Associated Press Stylebook no longer sanctions referring to people as “schizophrenic,” suggesting instead the term “diagnosed with schizophrenia.”
That article is about “illegal immigrants” and it seems that they just used “Schizophrenic” and “Diagnosed with schizophrenia” as an example. Or maybe I am wrong, but it sure looks like they weren’t talking about any issue relating to people “diagnosed with schizophrenia”
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Yes, it’s just used as an example in this article, but I was unable to find any other news related to the change. It seemed worthwhile nonetheless to note the change. It’s definitely “In the News,” in more than one sense.
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“person diagnosed with Schizophrenia” is one step closer to “person living in a challenging world” I guess.
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I put this here for lack of a better place. The news of Rick Warren’s son suicide are all around the internet. While it is very obvious that right now all we can do is to offer our prayers, for those of us who are believers, this presents an opportunity after the family has had the time to grief. From the information that has been made public, he might have been the n-th victim of SSRIs. I think we should try to recruit Rick Warren for our cause. Enlisting Rick Warren would get us very far.
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