Message to new government: please ban buzzwords

I disagree with just one point in this article: 'patients' is not
necessarily the best word to describe those receiving psychiatric
treatment.

A 'patient', by the word's definition and etymology, is passive,
suffering. A lot of mental health work involves trying to encourage people
to take control of their lives (I am trying to avoid the awful buzzword
'empower'!)

For people in this situation, I think that 'service user' is actually
a better description.

Competing interests:
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