Diane Abbott Quotes

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

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

Mental health can improve overall well-being and prevent other illnesses. And since mental health problems have a serious economic impact on vulnerable communities, making them a priority can save lives and markedly improve people's quality of life.

Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.

People take the mickey out of mental health, but it is very delicate.

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

Treating mental health illness is compassionate and saves money.

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

All governments could do more on mental health.

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.

If you don't support people with mental illnesses they are more likely to develop a physical illness too and that is challenging.

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.

We need, ultimately, to be able to view mental health with the same clear-headedness we show when talking about physical health.

Mental health affects every aspect of your life. It's not just this neat little issue you can put into a box.

It's like any other part of your body - your mental health gets sick, and it needs treatment.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

I know how important good mental health care can be because I personally benefited from it.

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.

Depression has been called the world's number one public health problem. In fact, depression is so widespread it is considered the common cold of psychiatric disturbances. But there is a grim difference between depression and a cold. Depression can kill you.

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.

The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness than poverty - which also ranks highly.

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 think that every young person is a little mentally ill, you know? If we're not totally shutting down, we're all a little bit mentally ill in our twenties and maybe into our early thirties.

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.