To me this smacks of using mental illness as an excuse for bad behavior, and that's a major peeve of mine. "Yeah, I committed assault, but I can't help it, I have an illness." "Sure I'm being rude and annoying, but I can't help it, I have an illness."

Barf. I have one too, but nobody ever makes excuses for me, or overlooks my behavior because of it.

Nor do I expect them to.

In fact, if we want to eliminate the stigma of mental illness, shouldn't we stop playing the illness card in order to escape the consequences of our actions? We should be trying to show that "mentally ill" does NOT mean "incompetent."