&gt; Just as the diagnosis of an ingrown toenail doesn&#x27;t mean you need special treatment, neither does a mental health diagnosis.<p>Nonsense. Try getting a top security clearance if you have a mental illness diagnosis. Try getting certain kinds of insurance, or preferential treatment in many professions, or any number of other examples in modern society -- a mental illness diagnosis is a burden for a lifetime. The fact that the &quot;illness&quot; may have resulted from a fantasy like recovered memory therapy or be based on a make-believe ailment like Asperger&#x27;s or homosexuality, doesn&#x27;t matter -- same burden, same stigma.