Actresses Quote by Glenn Close

Mental illness, unfortunately, is an invisible disease: it's not seen or heard. For whatever reason, because of that, society has decided that if we…

— Mauro Ranallo

Mental illness is by far the most misunderstood, and stigmatized, of all afflictions. Statistically, one in three families in the U.S. deals with mental…

— Neal Shusterman

We enjoy a growing awareness and literacy around the symptoms of and remedies for mental illness. Thanks to brave public figures and persistent campaigners,…

— Luciana Berger

The language of psychiatry, which is a monologue by reason about madness, could only have come into existence in such a silence.

— Michel Foucault

I think, these days when someone talks about their struggles of mental health, we are almost surprised by it. It comes as a revelation…

— Emma Corrin

“Nick shook his head. “It amazes me that there’s still such a huge stigma about mental illness here.” “ ‘Stigma’ implies that something exists but…

— Kevin Kwan

“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

Mental health, although being talked about more and more nowadays, is still extremely misunderstood and stigmatized, especially in Pakistan, where people think ignoring or…

— Sanam Saeed

Mental disorders don't really live 'out there' waiting to be explained. They are constructs we have made up - and often not very compelling…

— Allen Frances

There's such a stigma around mental illness, and this idea that you're going to come off as disturbed or weak somehow by being open…

— Shannon Purser

It can be difficult for people to talk about it, because there still is that stigma around mental illness. But I would encourage people…

— Matt Haig

When I asked Robert Spitzer about the possibility that he'd inadvertently created a world in which ordinary behaviours were being labelled mental disorders, he…

— Jon Ronson