“He’s batshit crazy,” fellow physician Karen eagerly confides while describing another colleague, Kevin, in a private office conversation. I laugh, assuming intended hyperbole. “No. Really. He is,” Karen says. “He’s been hospitalized — several times. And his kids are crazy, too. They’re all crazy.” I jolted into an instant somber, “Oh, I’m so sorry to
The dangerous language of “crazy”: How stigma and judgment affect patient care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
