I read the article above, there is a stigma that goes alog with people being diagnosed with mental illness, i know as i am considered mentally ill because of schitzophrenia, attended day treatment, and i know i was so embarrassed when i was on my way to get there every day for 8 years. i felt paronoid, isolated, was insulted, etc... but i got through it for as long as i did because as the years went by the stigma became less, people got to know me, sick people, and people who weren't sick. i guess i could be considered a soldier in the area of the stigma involved with mental illness. i don't go there anymore, as i moved to a different part of NY state and i get a T to come and see me and i see my doctor every 3 months. i am writing this to let people know the stigma is not as bad as it used to be, people have come a far way in being labled, and i think myself that it has gotten better, even more people are going in themselves to get diagnosed for meds etc..life i found has been more accepting of mental patients.