According to Leigh Sales, National Security Reporter for the ABC,
Australians have a 'schizophrenic view' of the United States. The
comment was made in the story 'Poll Finds Australians sceptical about
Iraq War' on 2.10.06.
StigmaWatch received reports from readers affected by schizophrenia, distressed that Ms Sales and the ABC were perpetuating the notion of schizophrenia as a split personality.
SANE Australia wrote to Ms Sales urging her to avoid using 'schizophrenic' to denote duality, in accordance with the Australian Government's guidelines on reporting.
Ms Sales replied on 26.10.06. and thanked SANE StigmaWatch for bringing this issue to her attention.
