Culture Quote by Iain McGilchrist

Mental health is a growing problem that touches every corner of the country.

— Neera Tanden

I think that there's a clinical mental illness called depression, but I believe that post-industrial America has been narcotized by progress. There's a cultural…

— Frances McDormand

I think that we're making a mistake if we don't see that there is a cultural basis to many illnesses, not just psychiatric ones.…

— Jonathan Michel Metzl

In India, there is a huge stigma attached to one having a mental illness; this not only makes it worse for the sufferer but…

— Ananya Birla

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

Many politicians, celebrities, businessmen and women, and community leaders now are open about their struggles with mental illnesses, something almost unheard of when I…

— Rosalynn Carter

There are all kinds of psychological disorders in the West that don't exist in Asia.

— Amy Chua

“Notice that I am treating psychotherapy as a cultural artifact that can be interpreted, rather than as a universal healing technology that has already…

— Philip Cushman

“First agriculture, and then industry, changed two fundamental things about the human experience. The accumulation of personal property allowed people to make more and…

— Sebastian Junger

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

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

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