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    %MEDICAL DISEASES COLDS FLUES MUMPS MEASLES POX 030614
%MENTAL ILLNESS DISEASE ABILITIES DIAGNOSE SELF SEX 030614
%ADDICTION WORKAHOLIC ALCOHOLIC DRUGS STIGMA REJECT 030614
 %ALIENATION EXCOMMUNICATION COMMUNAL DYSFUNCTIONAL 030614

     People  who  suffer  from medical  diseases  such  as
colds,  flues,  mumps,  measles,  chicken-pox, etc. become
clearly aware  of their symptoms and often go to a medical
doctor to get relief from their disease.

     It is not so simple for people who suffer from mental
diseases   which   cripple  their  mental   abilities   to
recognize  that   they   are  suffering   from  a  disease
which   can   be  diagnosed  and  treated   appropriately.
Mentally  ill people may  continue  in a  state of  mental
dis-ease  for   a  long time ---  before  they  or  others
around   them  recognize  the cause  of   the    dis-ease.
There  is  still  more  stigma associated    with   mental
dis-ease  than   with   medical diseases.     Such  stigma
makes    the  situation of the people who   are  suffering
from  mental  dis-ease  even more difficult   than   their
mental-handicap-of-being-mentally-dis-eased     would   by
itself.   The  society,   community and culture places the
added  burden  of a  social stigma on top of  the  already
double-burden.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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