The stigma of mental illness is not a good one. The medical model puts labels on people that society tends to stay away from. The stereotypes of distancing and prejudice is rooted firmly in our society. Attempts to show the population that some mental disorders are hereditary, which should be viewed similarly to an inherited physical disease, have not worked and might have even increased discrimination. Being labeled as mentally ill can even take away rights, someone can be involuntarily institutionalized. This problem of basic rights has been discussed for many years. This quote is from a summary of the National Council of Disability “NCD heard testimony graphically describing how people with psychiatric disabilities have been beaten, shocked,
