Why aren't we talking about it in health classes in school? That's just as important as learning about physical health and nutrition. Why aren't we learning about our minds and our mental health and mental illnesses? I just think that it's something that very much needs to go hand in hand.
Many people with mental illness suffer in silence, afraid to seek help for fear of victimisation.
Having a mental illness does not mean you're weak or can't handle life. You can have a mental illness and deal with it and still be a powerful, confident woman.
Howie Mandel is the real deal.
My mom Neerja and I started this movement called Mpower. The whole idea is to break the stigma attached to mental illnesses.
Dementia is not exclusively a problem of the developed world.
While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me.
Mental illnesses are so frightening and there's so much ignorance about them that I think it comforts people to think, 'Oh, well, it happens to these people because they deserve it.'
The sane are madder than we think, the mad saner.
I was hoping that I could say stuff about mental illness that maybe people didn't know. You know, speak up for bipolar disorder and let people know a little bit more about it that they may not have known.
Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug.
I'm not really interested in promoting 'Olive' as a series about depression or mental illness.
A lot of people are living with mental illness around them. Either you love one or you are one.
I know what it's like to feel marginalized and defeated and humiliated by suffering from a mental illness.
Everyone has some sort of connection to mental illness.
[With depression] you get a real sense of shame, because your friends go, 'Oh come on, show me the lump, show me the x-rays,' and of course you've got nothing to show.
Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.
It is as imperative to take care of our minds as is our bodies and hence seeking help for mental illness is of paramount importance.
The biggest advice I can give loved ones who are supporting someone navigating a newly diagnosed mental illness is patience, patience, and patience.
I find human behavior to be fascinating, which is probably why I'm an actor, and I think that there are a lot of dangerous misconceptions about mental illness in our society, and I would like to be a part of remedying that - particularly the stigma that surrounds so many mental illnesses.
When I look at the patients that I've cared for with mental illness, I know that many of them took years to come forward and tell somebody that they were in pain and that they needed help.
Once you can accept that you have a mental illness, that is when you can work on it.
It's more common than not that bipolar illness will start in the teens. One of the reasons I spend a lot of time on college campuses is exactly that reason. It's terribly important to talk to students about knowing these things in advance.
The incidence of mental illness has not changed by one iota in the last 100 years.
I want to work with faith-based leaders to address the negative attitudes that are still too often associated with mental illness, attitudes that hold people back from getting the help that they need.
