If you were to ask a teacher why she says there is a stigma to mental illnesses, she would likely reveal,  "Because I can. Socio-politically I currently have permission to do so."

If  you were to ask a student, why do you say there is a stigma to mental illnesses, that student would likely reveal, "My teacher said so."

And so it goes, we teach -and repeat- what we are taught until we learn better.

Harold A. Maio