From my class

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the Psychology of Stigma and Victimization:

"Indeed, researchers currently disagree whether the benefits of labeling a mental illness (i.e., treatment) outweigh the costs of the socially stigmatizing effects of such a label."

-Quinn, Kahang & Crocker (2004). Discreditable: .... Personality and Social Psych. Bulletin, 30, 803-815.

Wow.

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Well, yeah. I tend to agree.