Our society is still giving mental illness a bum rap. (Column)

National Catholic Reporter | July 2, 1993| | Copyright

Recently, DC Comics decided to kill off Superman. The assassin was to be an escapee from a galactic mental institution. DC's plan made news headlines. However, a protest by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill stopped the plot. NAMI objected to the unfounded stereotyping of people with mental illness as deranged killers.

NAMI is currently spearheading a nationwide campaign to combat the social stigma of mental illness.

Mental illnesses are far more common than cancer, diabetes, heart disease or arthritis. The National Institute of Mental Health estimated one out of ...

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