According to journalist and medical professional Dr Norman Swan, a woman who diagnosed herself with chronic fatigue and purchased medications over the internet was either  'a complete nutter, had only two brain cells.'  The comments were made in the Radio National Health Minutes e-newsletter, sent 24.08.06.

Readers were distressed that Dr Swan, the presenter of Health Minutes, had used the term 'nutter' and associated mental illness with stupidity.  This language stigmatises mental illness and perpetuates discrimination.

SANE Australia wrote to Dr Swan encouraging him to articulate his ideas in more insightful and helpful ways.