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What do you think: Is the world going to hell in a handbasket?

News stories frequently force us to confront severe psychopathology, mental illness, and disordered behavior. What is going on? And what can we do about it? In "Are people getting crazier?" Thomas G. Plante offers his analysis, along with seven principles of prevention. Now let us know what you think.
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Stigma and mental illness
Posted by Richard Berryessa
Date: Apr-04-2007 at 2:13 PM
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) for years has been fighting the stigma that is associated with mental illness.

As a member of NAMI and a father who had a son with a mental illness, I feel that using the word CRAZIER in the titled and numerous times in the article was insensitive to the problem of mental illness.

However, I did find the article very interesting and informative.

- Richard Berryessa M.A. '74, San Jose

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