This is a blog for the Mental Health Policy Class at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.

February 28, 2007

The Stigma of Mental Illness

Five times he called her a "loon" or "lunatic." Each time, the peace activist reacted to Bill O'Reilly's name-calling with a shrug or smirk. But this encounter on "The O'Reilly Factor" raised the question: Who was more outrageous? Was it O'Reilly for using words that some might interpret as slurs? Or was it the activist for not taking him to task?

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