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People Abuse the Word Schizophrenic on Twitter—and That’s Terrible

Posted on February 18, 2016

Co-authored bty NAMI's medical director, the study is the first to examine the stigma of mental illness on social media. weets were compared with those for diabetes. Thirty-three percent were negativer; twice the rate for diabetes.

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