Kate Middleton Quotes

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

The mental health conversation is very important to me. I have friends that struggle with various mental illnesses. I've struggled with depression and anxiety. I'm very interested in how we deal with that.

Mental health is an area where people are embarrassed. They don't want to talk about it because somehow they feel they're a failure as a parent or, you know, they're embarrassed for their child or they want to protect their child, lots of very good reasons, but mental health, I feel, is something that you have to talk about.

Time to Talk is all about tackling taboos and getting the nation talking about mental health.

I've always been an advocate for mental health.

I'm lucky to have depression less severely than a lot of people. I know some find it useful to talk about it and people are definitely doing that more. It's becoming less stigmatised.

Not talking about mental illness is killing people. We need that to stop.

Depression is incredibly pervasive and thus important to talk about.

We need to change the culture of this topic and make it OK to speak about mental health and suicide.

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.

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.

It's okay to talk about mental health issues. It's okay to admit that you have anxiety. It doesn't take away from your power. It's totally normal.

I'm not really interested in promoting 'Olive' as a series about depression or mental illness.

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.

There's such a stigma around mental illness, and this idea that you're going to come off as disturbed or weak somehow by being open about these things. I've never felt embarrassed or shy talking about it; it's such an integral part of my life.

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

There are people with much bigger profiles than mine who are talking about mental illness. I am going to try to use whatever platform I have, whatever voice I have to help eliminate the stigma.

We need to be open about mental illness, and demand the mental health services we need.

We must make sure the stigma is removed around mental health and commanders must make it clear on a consistent basis that their door is open for everyone. Servicemembers need to know that command is there for them, to offer assistance however and wherever needed.

It's so important that we all speak up on mental health.

I think black men especially should go to therapy and seek out mental help, because we need it. Even if you don't think you need it, we need it.

I am privileged to have people around me who understand mental illnesses and mental health. However, the stigma around it is huge.

We will not give up the fight to ensure that mental health is the given the priority it needs and deserves.

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.