This should be common knowledge, but then again there are folks who believe we're a color blind society, so I'll assume it's just a simple lack of awareness on

This should be common knowledge, but then again there are folks who believe we're a color blind society, so I'll assume it's just a simple lack of awareness on your part. If you google "psychiatric stigma" you'll get plenty of peer reviewed research on the topic dating back at least 50 years. Prior to that stigma was less of a concern because we simply locked these people up, outside of our collective view and societal awareness. Better than being burned at the stake I suppose (we also used to do that). Here's a good place to start: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1489832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1489832/