This article originally appeared in News Limited's Body+Soul.
About one in 200 Australians have schizophrenia, a condition shrouded in stigma.
Jo Buchanan, 74, tells Beverley Hadgraft how a name change could have helped her family.
Read SANE's media release on renaming schizophrenia.
For more information on schizophrenia visit SANE Factsheets + Podcasts.