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Originally Posted by 5150DirtDiva
Consider that perhaps it was changed to include other care? It's a way of being inclusive. Behavioral health includes not only ways of promoting well-being by preventing or intervening in mental illness such as depression or anxiety, but also has as an aim preventing or intervening in substance abuse or other addictions. It a euphemism to reduce stigma. It is also meant to seem more hopeful, I guess. |
You wrote in your message, "It is also meant to seem more hopeful, I guess." Yes, I agree, that's likely their desire....but... Yeah, well, I guess it's like the way some very ignorant adults write children's books that are not representative of children's thinking or attitudes. "Noting about us without us" applies to the terms "professionals" and politicians who try to name us.