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Q: Schizophrenic Or An Individual With Schizophrenia?

asked by: Malywka2000 on October 10th, 2004

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Hi people,
today we tend to say "an individual with schizophrenia", instead of the previous "a schizophrenic". Why did this change come about?

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purple333

replied on November 7th, 2004

Extremely eHealthy

Two reasons come to mind

1. It's more politically correct

2. It reminds us that we're dealing with a person first & an illness second.

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