Susannah Cahalan Quotes

If you have a friend or a family member who's bipolar, or has panic attack disorder, or is depressed, read up on it a little bit so you can get to know where they're coming from.

The biggest advice I can give loved ones who are supporting someone navigating a newly diagnosed mental illness is patience, patience, and patience.

We are a research center and treatment facility all under one roof.

The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and says, 'You saved my dad's life.'

Sometimes, patients with serious mental illness, just as with other serious medical illnesses, require hospitalization. In the absence of available public or private hospital beds, there are few options.

When you study postpartum depression, there is a very clear understanding that in communities where you see more support, there is less depression.

I go to therapy a lot. And I'm - I'm open about that, and I try to get the help so that I - so that I can cope and - and make my way in life and with my family.

Well, I have no time for therapy.

The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.

I'm in therapy, and I think everyone should be.

Americans with mental illness deserve our understanding and they deserve excellent medical care.

No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.

Together with open conversations and greater understanding, we can ensure that attitudes for mental health change and children receive the support they deserve.

When you talk about our good and bad mental health stuff, it makes you realise you're not the only one feeling that way. It's OK to talk; it doesn't mean you're crazy or abnormal in any way. In fact, it's the opposite.

I just want to send a message to my fans saying that it's OK to admit that you need help, and it doesn't make you weak.

You need community support. You're pretty defeated when you're laid low with a mental illness. It's a frightening place to be, and to get up and be able to stand and to move forward and to start functioning again, you need so much support. You need to feel you're not alone.

I had so many people in my family with dementia that it felt like it belonged to me in a way. I feel like the same with teenage depression because I went through it. I feel like I'm allowed to write about it; it's mine.

I love bipolar people.

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

I've always been an advocate for 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.

In this country, we've gotten away from institutionalizing and we've moved toward assimilating and drugging the mentally ill.

Children have to be provided a nurturing environment to grow. Sadly, in India we don't have a robust mental health programme for children. There is also a lack of accountability in the public system.

I found it personally really difficult to admit to myself that I was struggling sometimes, but once I had the feelings and I knew I could not sit with them any longer, I sought the help I needed.

I get a lot of fans who deal with poor mental health. But that's the good thing about the Internet - that there are so many kids who can confide together and help each other out.