Yes, it does matter how you phrase and the language you use, the more we hear and see things referred to one way the more the general public will pick up on that vocabulary. Even though this article is to bring help and awareness for mental illness, they are still not using the person centered language crucial to reducing stigma.
"By MARC LACEY, KEVIN SACK and A. G. SULZBERGER
Proposals to reduce care for the mentally ill are being scrutinized after a troubled young man's shooting rampage in Tucson left 6 people dead and 13 wounded."
Please take the 2 seconds to stop and think before you speak, and in this case it was probably reviewed by 3 different editors, no reason for that language to remain.
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