Approval Quote by E. Fuller Torrey

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 use of the term "mental illness" (rather than, say, "neurosis", "insanity", "nervous breakdown", or other euphemisms) can be seen as an effort…

— Carl Elliott

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

— 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 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 a fact of life, like cancer or heart disease.

— Luciana Berger

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

There is no definition of a mental disorder. It's bullshit. I mean, you just can't define it.

— Jon Rappoport

The problem with mental illness, as opposed to physical illness, is that it involves wrong thinking or impaired insight. You're not thinking correctly.

— Margaret Trudeau

We say that one gets cancer, or a cold, or kidney disease. One would never think to say that one is cancer. But we…

— Paul Gruchow

Mental illness doesn't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often arrives like…

— Steve Lopez

It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without sounding as if you were examining a bug under…

— Gene Tierney