Luciana Berger Quotes

I really see that socio-economic constraints and pressure contribute to our mental health in a big way. You come to realize that it's all mental health.

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.

Washington is riddled with unstable people who are either depressed or make other people depressed.

A little whiff of a mental health issue never hurt anybody.

Many of the underlying factors in poor mental health are societal.

Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.

Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum... but come on down. We're going crazy.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Everyone says to you, 'if you play Ophelia, you'll end up crazy,' but we're all somewhere on the spectrum of mental health, and I think that if you approach it that way it's not such an intimidating issue.

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

I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as an adult, but I don't remember a time when I didn't have them. Back in the 1960s, when I was growing up, my symptoms didn't have a name, and you didn't go to the doctor to find out.

I believe that every human being has mental challenges.

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

That's the era we grew up in. It's weak to go to a psychiatrist.

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.

There's a stigma on the word 'therapy.' People relate it to big problems. That's something we have to change. Going to therapy can be very healthy. It can change the way you see things and treat others.

You can never turn the clock back and, since we're talking about mental health, I would stress that.

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.

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.

One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the worried well but those in severe mental pain with conditions crippling enough to prevent them living normal lives.

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

Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world.