[ltwdm]

I agree,but isn't the article a good step towards educating the public about the nuances of these diseases? I think the spectrum is so broad, and maybe it will help the people with milder symptoms at it's tail end by making the society more receptive. I have a relative who is scheizophrenic and I can't stress how important it is to make people aware, and enable them to see from a compassionate angle. To me this article goes in the same direction as the remarkable article done years ago by Rachel Aviv [1] To me we need more like this. And also the article does mention how the researchers stress on proper diagnosis and treatment.

[1] http ://www.columbia.edu/cu/neuwrite/pubs/avivHarpers.pdf

[microwavecamera]

Got busy, just got a chance to respond. I'm all about raising awareness and have experienced first hand the stigma of having a mental disorder like schizophrenia. It's not fun. The stigmatization or the condition. In fact, being schizophrenic is nothing short of extensional horror. Associating a metal disorder, like schizophrenia, with "psychics", I feel would only further stigmatize people with mental disorders and lessen the seriousness of the condition to the public. I would find it disheartening that someone would get the idea that talking to a psychic would somehow improve the condition of a person with a mental disorder. We need to raise awareness about these things but people need to be aware of the woeful lack the available treatment programs and the high cost of medication the prevents us from getting better, not that a "psychic" could somehow help in any way.