If we have a sore arm and we don't know why, we go to the doctor and unashamedly ask for an examination to see if it's a bone problem or a muscle problem.
If we have trouble breathing, we go to see if there's something wrong with our lungs.
But when we become aware that our brain, our most mysterious and complex organ in our bodies doesn't seem to be firing on all cylinders, we often withdraw and deny, often out of shame, sometimes confusion, often denial, because someone may call us "crazy."
Some of the attitudes I'm reading on this board, it's not hard to see why.
I haven't followed this case so I won't weigh in on the arguments, but the fact is (and believe it or not these are Howard Stern's words) "mental illness is a cruel and devastating affliction that can utterly destroy you before you even know it has happened."