Sue Baker, Director of Time to Change, the mental health anti-stigma programme run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, said:
"With ongoing coverage about Thamsanqa Jantjie, the interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial, and with the full facts yet to emerge, we urge commentary of the story to avoid reinforcing damaging stereotypes of people with mental health problems. Particularly when talking about the risk of violence in relation to people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia as the vast majority of people pose no risk to anyone.”
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