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

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

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.

For mental illnesses, we need better access to treatment and diagnosis.

Yes, this is 21st-century America. Where we have better means to treat mental illness than ever before, but choose to let the insane people decide to get it or not.

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

We must bring the issue of mental illness out into the sunlight, out of the shadow, out of the closet, deal with it, treat people, have centers where people can get the necessary help.

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

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.

People talk about physical fitness, but mental health is equally important. I see people suffering, and their families feel a sense of shame about it, which doesn't help. One needs support and understanding. I am now working on an initiative to create awareness about anxiety and depression and help people.