Why you should never use the term 'the mentally ill'
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 13:02
in Health & Medicine
Even subtle differences in how you refer to people with mental illness can affect levels of tolerance, a new study has found. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers found that participants showed less tolerance toward people who were referred to as "the mentally ill" when compared to those referred to as "people with mental illness."