John M. McHugh Quotes

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

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

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

Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from serious, long-term, physical and mental health problems, due to their service. It is unconscionable to cut the already limited health care benefits available to these brave men and women.

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

I believe that the issue of mental health services for our troops deploying or returning from combat is one that demands the attention of this body, if only for a few minutes today.

I'm a big proponent of having a mental health component go along with whatever the physical realities are.

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

Treating mental health illness is compassionate and saves money.

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.

We need to have mental health support and early interventions integrated into our education system from a young age.

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

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.

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

Depression is a leading cause of ill health and disability, and many do not have access to mental health services and face significant social stigma around their disease.

We live in a world where mental health is real. Emotional health is real, and people feel like no one cares.

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.

Children certainly can't learn if they're dealing with trauma or mental illness.

You know mental illness is one of the biggest problems in our world.

Mental illness affects everyone.

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.

It's so important that we all speak up on mental health.

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.