Thanks so much for posting this. It helps with stigma. I was so angry after Trumps ignorant remarks about mental illness this week and the prejudice his remarks can cause or reinforce. Your post made me a little sad as well because I. Inferred from this that you think it isn’t well known on this forum that these are physical disorders. I hope all of us knew that. Great article. We could all copy it to use with ignorant people.
I learned a lot this week from a bipolar friend who was a therapist working with violent folks such as domestic abusers. She said that in 95% of her cases, these violent men had anger management issues, not mental illness.Ofcourse, the El Paso perpetrator is a white supremacist so it was mostly ideological-such an evil and ignorant man. Hold your head high people, and speak out against stigma whenever you can. CNNwas good about pointing out that other countries have those with mental illness but not the mass shootings we have. Be sure to vote,everyone!