http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2006/10/19/ninnies-in-the-news/ Living and breathing in the Second City Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:20:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2006/10/19/ninnies-in-the-news/#comment-2 Daniel Messick Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:07:39 +0000 http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2006/10/19/ninnies-in-the-news/#comment-2 In addition to not dressing up in a psychotic fashion for Halloween for fear of offending or hurting the feelings of those that are not in touch with reality as we know it, there is also a call in the pschological/psychiatric community to do away with the term "schizophrenia" or "schizophrenic" as it brings up connotations of "craziness," which is wrong, and hurtful for those in the population that engage in chit-chat with people the rest of us can't see or hear. In addition to not dressing up in a psychotic fashion for Halloween for fear of offending or hurting the feelings of those that are not in touch with reality as we know it, there is also a call in the pschological/psychiatric community to do away with the term “schizophrenia” or “schizophrenic” as it brings up connotations of “craziness,” which is wrong, and hurtful for those in the population that engage in chit-chat with people the rest of us can’t see or hear.

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