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Old Apr 15, 2008, 08:15 AM
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The physical and psychological consequences of ignorance:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/science/15chol.html

I'd say that ignorance of mental health issues has similar consequences, at least in how people react to suffering when it is strange and different and its causes are not understood.
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