John Delaney Quotes

One day, I made a remark that I might work with people with mental illness, and somebody in the press heard it, and it was in the paper. And the more I thought about it and found out about it, the more I thought it was just a terrible situation with no attention. And I've been working on it ever since.

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

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

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.

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

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

We recognize incidents of metal illness, and at the same time we stigmatize people who suffer from it or seek help to deal with it.

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 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.

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.

I hope I've contributed something to the mental health field. But I hope people will think - I've had so many wonderful opportunities, I tried to take advantage of them.

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.

The history of the office of First Lady had not been kind to those with mental health issues.

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

Congress needs to give the VA every tool possible to meet the mental health challenges facing our veterans before they get to the point of danger.

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

No parent, family member, or friend should be told that treatment isn't available for their loved one. By establishing a dedicated and stable fund for mental health, we will give hope to so many who are suffering in silence.

It's not something I'm embarrassed about. Depression is an issue that tends to be brushed under the carpet. My hope is that if people with a public profile are prepared to talk about it, then it might prompt other people to talk about it too.

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

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

I've been working to see that mental health is raised in both oral and written question sessions in parliament.

When I got to the Senate, I made overhauling our nation's mental health laws one of my top priorities.

Trump's one liberal policy seems to be his desire to pump more funding into mental health - which I've taken the liberty of interpreting as a massive cry for help.