Yes, I do think people need to get more educated. It would probably help their own mental health in the longer term too, because there's too much judgment and discrimination out there about, well, nearly everything, xmascarol.

It's like the case of the Thousand Oaks mass shooting in California recently - my condolences to the friends and families - where the media bagan to bring into the picture the idea that the gunman 'may have' been suffering from PTSD because he was an army veteran. It's so shortsighted and narrow minded to even begin stigmatizing mental health issues in that way when obviously thousands of people suffer with PTSD and are not violent offenders. So, how do you even explain why the media - people - would even go down that path in the face of the obvious reality about PTSD?

And then you look at cases like the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer who underwent psychiatric evaluation and was found to be completely sane! What!?

In many ways, the whole thing's got me stumped but I think at the end of the day, you're right, there needs to be more education and understanding, as others have pointed out here as well.