Angie Schiavone, journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald, distressed readers with a comment published in her articled entitled 'Choosing the perfect flatmate' on 21.07.06.  Ms Schiavone wrote 'Dirty, messy and psychotic. It's easy to nominate the characteristics of a bad flatmate.'  

Readers were concerned that the inaccurate and inappropriate use of 'psychotic' would perpetuate community misunderstanding and stigma surrounding psychotic illness.  

StigmaWatch wrote to Ms Schiavone urging her to ensure that any future reference to mental illness is relevant and accurate.