Luciana Berger Quotes

We know how to treat depression, we know how to treat mental illness, and we have not had the political will in our country to make it happen.

It's absolutely crucial that we look at mental health not just through the prism of health but in a cross-cutting way.

Well, I think it's important to stand as an advocate for the mentally ill.

Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.

Having deinstitutionalized mental health, we have not created the structure and the institutions to take care of people, to identify when there is a mental health problem, and to get the treatment to people.

The Mental Health Reform Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in 2016. It was one of my proudest moments in Congress.

Mental health is an issue ailing everyone - it is so omnipresent in society, we must work towards making it better.

You know mental illness is one of the biggest problems in our world.

Everyone knows someone who is struggling with a mental health issue, whether it's depression, trauma or substance abuse. It affects everyone, so we all have a stake in making sure good treatment is available.

Mental health is something that's really important to me.

As a candidate for Director-General of the WHO, I believe there is a key role WHO needs to play to improve and advance mental health. It can help advocate for efficient resources and services - and efforts to reduce stigma - to be in place at local, national, and global levels.

I have spent most of my life working with mental illness. I have been president of the world's largest association of mental-illness workers, and I am all for more funding for mental-health care and research - but not in the vain hope that it will curb violence.

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.

The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress.

Several politicians and wives of politicians have been public about their experiences with depression or bipolar illness, including Lawton Chiles, Patrick Kennedy, Tipper Gore and Kitty Dukakis. Each made a tremendous difference by doing so.

Treating mental health illness is compassionate and saves money.

The federal government has lost its way and largely ignored the needs of people with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar illness.

When I announced my focus on mental health as first lady of Georgia in 1971, none but five mental health advocates in the state wanted to be involved with the issue.

We must bring the issue of mental illness out into the sunlight, out of the shadow, out of the closet, deal with it, treat people, have centers where people can get the necessary help.

Mental health is a case study in Tory failure.

When I began my tenure as surgeon general, I did not intend to focus on emotional well-being.

Mental health, although being talked about more and more nowadays, is still extremely misunderstood and stigmatized, especially in Pakistan, where people think ignoring or hiding the issue will make it go away.

There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone's business.

The response from the beginning has been really, really wonderful and positive. People have always really responded to me talking about mental health.