Quoted in "Words describing mental health can stigmatize. That’s painful and dehumanizing," by Steven Petrow

Melody Moezzi, author of the memoir, “Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life,” recalls how the shaming language used to describe her diagnosis “stopped me from getting better help sooner. It led me to hide hallucinations and other symptoms out of fear for how these symptoms might be viewed by society and by the medical establishment.”

Read Steven’s full article here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/mental-health-words-stigma/2021/09/10/1aaefb02-0b3b-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html