"Mad" is a completely unprofessional and shameful way to refer to mental illness.  As if the stigma sufferors have is not enough, now even a supposed caring educator is resorting to offensive terminology.  

I think the Globe and this writer owe an apology to everyone struggling with mental illness.  Not to mention the total unprofessionalism of purporting to diagnose someone through media reports.  

This professor and the university that employs him should be ashamed.