The West Australian published ‘Doctors want speed, ice psychos isolated’ on 30.4.08. The article reported on doctors complaints about the growing number of patients experiencing drug induced psychosis as a result of taking speed and ice.

The readers who contacted StigmaWatcher acknowledged the newsworthiness of the issue, but pointed out the term ‘psycho’ impacts negatively on all people with psychotic illness and should be left in the past.

StigmaWatch contacted The West to pass on this feedback and encourage the use of different terms.