Why, despite irrefutable evidence of their biochemical cause, are mental illnesses so frequently misunderstood?

“And why can’t you work full-time? You don’t look disabled to me. Aren’t people like you scamming welfare and disability?” If I had a dollar for every time I encountered the inherent misunderstanding in such a comment, the surplus funds could potentially solve the tragedies engendered by such thinking. Read the rest of this article at The Province…