The federal government has lost its way and largely ignored the needs of people with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar illness.
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.
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.
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 a case study in Tory failure.
All governments could do more on mental health.
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.
Most aid agencies do not even consider proposals to treat mental health problems; those that do think of it as a minor player, overshadowed by the pressing need to save lives by treating physical illness.
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.
We will not give up the fight to ensure that mental health is the given the priority it needs and deserves.
