As noted in our Mar 2017 issue by Robyn P. Thom, MD and @HelenMFarrellMD, clinical documentation of mental illness has long been mired in pejorative language that perpetuates negative assumptions about those with mental illness: https://t.co/QwwzAkYdHU
Yes please!! And not just because people may see the notes written about them... Changing language *can* change perception, and behavior. #MHParity #EndTheStigma #NotResigned
RT @JournalofEthics: Stigma associated with mental illness is perpetuated by the language used to describe and document it. Clinicians need…
RT @JournalofEthics: Stigma associated with mental illness is perpetuated by the language used to describe and document it. Clinicians need…