Telling is Risky Business
By: Otto F. Wahl
Ted Kaczynski, the alleged Unabomber, made very clear that he would rather risk the death penalty than employ a more promising defense that argued he had a mental illness. 1 He appeared not to mind being known as a killer, but he strongly resisted being labeled mentally ill. Although Martha Stewart no doubt handles most criticism with the graciousness of a good hostess, when the National Enquirer suggested that she was mentally ill, the air quickly became filled with talk of lawsuits.2 People agreed that her reputation was greatly besmirched by such a suggestion and that Ms. Stewart could easily have been emotionally damaged by such a harsh and undeserved indictment. ”When my depression was first diagnosed,” wrote Kathy Cronkite, “I felt both relief and shamerelief that my condition was real, had a name, and possibly a cure; shame that I was afflicted with a mental disorder. [download]
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