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Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it.

— Lisa Gardner

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✓Similar Perspectives

It can be difficult for people to talk about it, because there still is that stigma around mental illness. But I would encourage people to do that, because they'll be surprised once they do 'come out' how many other people have had similar experiences.

— Matt Haig

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

— Adam Ant

I often get asked why I decided to spend time highlighting the mental health of children.

— Kate Middleton

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

— Michael Greger

A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.

— Kate Middleton

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.

— Iain McGilchrist

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.

— Vikram Patel

✗Opposing Perspectives

No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious.

— Thomas Szasz

Any other illness, any other disease that we're faced with, there's sympathy and understanding. We get help for those. With mental illness, our go-to is to categorize them as, 'Oh, they're crazy,' to belittle the problem.

— Chris Wood

I don't like the term 'mental illness.' I'd rather just say 'mad.' Just like I always say 'loony bin,' not 'mental hospital.'

— John Burnside