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Table 1 Most frequently occurring words and terms

From: 250 labels used to stigmatise people with mental illness

Term

Frequency

Term

Frequency

Disturbed

11

Scary

5

Nuts

11

Div

4

Confused

10

Dumb

4

Psycho

10

Ill

4

Spastic

10

Loneliness

4

Crazy

9

Loony bin

4

Depression

7

Psychiatric

4

Disabled

7

Screw loose

4

Mad

7

Stress

4

Unpredictable

7

Violence

4

Insane

6

Brain dead

3

Loony

6

Demanding

3

Mental

6

Demented

3

Schizophrenia

6

Dinlo

3

Thicko

6

Distressed

3

Weird

6

Embarrassed

3

Depressed

5

Flid

3

Different

5

Frustrated

3

Freak

5

Isolated

3

Odd

5

Sad

3

Problem

5

Strait jacket

3

Retard

5

Wheel chairs

3