The Evolving Language of Mental Health

Like it or not, language changes. As a writer, are you keeping up with the vocabulary on sensitive topics?

When I wrote recently about the unknown risks of soaring melatonin use in children, I touched on its potential application for some mental health conditions. In the process, I offended a reader with this passage:

While there can be benefits to physician-supervised melatonin use — such as treating specific, diagnosed sleep disorders or mental health disor…