According toculumnist Phillip Adams of The Australian, he real estate industry is 'a psychiatric pandemic, a financial counterpart to bipolar disorder.'
Mr Adams made the comments in his article entitled 'Off our blocks' on 03.07.06.
StigmaWatch received reports from readers affected by schizophrenia, distressed that Mr Thompson
and the South Burnett Times were perpetuating the notion of schizophrenia as a split personality.
SANE Australia wrote to Mr Thompson, and to Mr Don Farmer, editor of the South Burnett Times, urging them to avoid using 'schizophrenic' to denote duality; schizophrenia does not involve split
personality.
According to culumnist Phillip Adams of The Australian, he real estate industry is 'a psychiatric pandemic, a financial counterpart to bipolar disorder.'