Toby Bartels wrote:
Alex756 wrote:
This organization is a good place to start understanding what "mental health service consumers" or just "mental health consumers" (the terms used by most individuals who are or should be under some kind of treatment) have to deal with on a daily basis: http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=Living_With
That's the term that's used by most of us now? I had no idea that the consumerification of society had proceeded to such a degree!
Since I use psychiatric counseling and prescriptions for medication, technically I must agree that I am a "mental health service consumer". I don't see how I could be a "mental health consumer", however.
The terms that we use can easily have unwanted implications. "Mental health service consumer" seems clear enough. Stress could be seen as a "mental health consumer." ;-)
Ray