Discourse Quote by Carl Elliott

There's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill and we're all haunted by something, and some people manage to find a…

— John Darnielle

The very term ['mental disease'] is nonsensical, a semantic mistake. The two words cannot go together except metaphorically; you can no more have a…

— E. Fuller Torrey

No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated,…

— Thomas Szasz

Some view mental illness as a purely spiritual issue and deny the need for medication or other forms of treatment. Others view it as…

— Sheila Walsh

Mental illness is a fact of life, like cancer or heart disease.

— Luciana Berger

“Mental illness is no different than a heart condition. In the same way a faulty valve can cause harm to the body and require…

— Heidi Cullinan

Mental illness, of course, is not literally a 'thing' - or physical object - and hence it can 'exist' only in the same sort…

— Thomas Szasz

“Mental illness" is among the most stigmatized of categories.' People are ashamed of being mentally ill. They fear disclosing their condition to their friends…

— Elyn R. Saks

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…

— Chris Wood

Once you're labeled as mentally ill, and that's in your medical notes, then anything you say can be discounted as an artefact of your…

— Hilary Mantel

Mental illness is so hard to define. It's not like an umbrella diagnosis that everyone can fall under, and even one person can have…

— Stephanie Labbe

Mental illness is no myth, as some have claimed. It is a disturbance in our sense of possession of a stable inner self that…

— Camille Paglia