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Old Dec 05, 2013, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by newtus View Post
they said amanda bynes was released from hospital with her schizophrenia/schizoaffective condition. but they say "rehab"
I saw this as well and I think using the word "rehab" just confuses the issue. Despite the fact she was smoking marajuana it seems (from the incident of throwing a bong out the window,) rehab makes it sounds like she has a major drug or alcohol problem vs. saying hospital which is a term which puts her situaition in the correct light. She wasn't well and needed to rest and get better.... Just my 2 cents. Of course my dad went to the heart rehab after he was in the hospital last year, but they call it heart rehab... so even then it's just using words to confuse people.

But I also read she is looking into college for fashion design and would like to create her own clothing line. I wish her all the sucess in the world on this goal. With her situation and diagnosis having been very public, I think it would be a majorly good thing for the mental health community as a whole and especially people with sz and sza. To show that you can become well again with a diagnosis, and successful, would be such a positive example vs. all the negative stories. To show that people with sz are normal people with normal goals... so I will be watching close for stories on her and rooting for her every day.

Kurhea: If you feel the hospital is the right place right now I support your decision. I hope you can get a bed. If it makes you feel safer and better it's the right choice.
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