Quotes of: Mental Keyword

Every time the DSM prepares for a new edition, there are countless groups lobbying to get their particular mental illness recognized by the diagnostic manual. Surely, this is a social and cultural phenomenon.

Siri Hustvedt

I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place.

Anthony Storr

The first principle of achievement is mental attitude. People begin to achieve when they begin to believe.

Zahid Abas

Truly, more than removing the partition between vectors and values, we would have needed to talk about strengthening crisscrossed lacings: an intertwined kind of understanding that would de-ideologize 'ideologies,' desanctify sanctities, but also men...

Media Manifestos: On the Technological Transmission of Cultural Forms

Resistance to change in the mental health system comes disguised as protection of civil liberties and freedom of speech. As a result, many parents, families, and caregivers are at a loss and feel defeated by the majority of Americans who strive to ma...

Mental Health In A Failed American System: What Every Parent, Family, & Caregiver Should Know

There may not be any romance to mental illness but who needs romance when the preferable route is agency? The prevailing conversation around mental health issues is agency and the lack thereof on the part of the mentally ill. But what do you do if yo...

Diriye Osman

In their brief time together Slothrop forms the impression that this octopus is not in good mental health, though where's his basis for comparing?

Gravity's Rainbow

We of the modern age are a bridge between the old human and the new one. We still have the mentality of the old human - a slave mentality, like the Children of Israel in Egypt: too controlled, full of fear.

Bernard Werber

While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me.

Yayoi Kusama

Stay committed to staying focused and take action that is in line with what you want.

No Limits, Mastering the Mental Edge

You have everything you need inside of you to create anything in your life that you desire.

No Limits, Mastering the Mental Edge

..balancing time you spend with or without people is crucial for mental health.

Letting Go of Perfect: Women, Expectations, and Authenticity

Why do they always prescribe thyroid medicine to go with the mental illness cocktails they whip up?

Stantasyland: Quips Quotes and Quandaries

Mental illness is so much more complicated than any pill that any mortal could invent

Prozac Nation

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you.

Rita Mae Brown

You can not avoid life or your thoughts you can only make the best of your current situation and move on with a positive mental attitude.

Matthew Donnelly

I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help.

Clara Hughes

Whenever I write about mental health and integrative therapies, I am accused of being prejudiced against pharmaceuticals. So let me be clear - integrative medicine is the judicious application of both conventional and evidence-based natural therapies...

Andrew Weil

Everyone says to you, 'if you play Ophelia, you'll end up crazy,' but we're all somewhere on the spectrum of mental health, and I think that if you approach it that way it's not such an intimidating issue.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

The study also included the disturbing revelation that most of the troops who reported having mental health problems also reported that they did not seek or did not receive care for their problems.

John M. McHugh

The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves as a society. What is normal? That's just a story that we tell ourselves.

Matthew Quick