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We need, ultimately, to be able to view mental health with the same clear-headedness we show when talking about physical health.

Mental illness, of course, is not literally a 'thing' - or physical object - and hence it can 'exist' only in the same sort of way in which other theoretical concepts exist.

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

It's my belief that, since the end of the Second World War, psychology has moved too far away from its original roots, which were to make the lives of all people more fulfilling and productive, and too much toward the important, but not all-important, area of curing mental illness.

There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone's business.

Mental health can be just as important as physical health - and major depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses.

A great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere.

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

Every mental state is also physical.

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