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HNJohnC on July 22, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: A $650M Donation for Psychiatric Research

I'm fairly certain you'd find that the vast majority of donations to any cause are from people who are personally affected in some way.

mjt0229 on July 22, 2014 [–]

Agreed. And in this case, I think it's significant that the family member affected has controlled his illness long ago. The point of this donation is to help other people for whom such control is not yet possible.

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