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 ...

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